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NASA airplane makes belly landing

Flaming NASA plane makes dramatic belly landing at Texas airport

Dramatic video footage showed flames billowing from the bottom of a NASA research plane as it made an emergency belly landing at a Texas airport Tuesday. The NASA WB-57 aircraft was forced to slide gears-up — or without its landing equipment deployed — onto the runway at Ellington Airfield in Houston after it experienced a mechanical issue at around 11:30 a.

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NASA WB-57F Canberra Jet Makes Fiery Belly-Landing In Houston

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NASA plane makes belly landing at Ellington Airfield in Houston

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Investigation underway after NASA jet's fiery hard landing in Texas

The jet's landing gear appears to fail before the aircraft skids on its belly across the runway with flames trailing behind it.

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NASA says plane's 'mechanical issue' results in 'gear-up landing' at Houston-area airport

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NASA plane's landing gear fails at Ellington Airport in Houston

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