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Having some problems with the landing gear. they did fly down for a visual inspection. the tower took a look and said the landing gear was off to the side, certainly not suitable to make a landing. it was then determined they would have to try to land without the gear. we then saw a pass make a second pass toward the runway. now, it is circling around again and were told by our affiliate, they will try to land again soon. you can just make out that plane, its a very faint picture of it right the...

>> . >> as we watch, the fox helicopter on its way over to the --. >> jon has shut off and the station shut off at this point when were headed into controlled air space like lambert, obviously, hes got to fully-- >> as we watch the fox helicopter fly over to lambert for an intended landing there, were told this is the airfield where theyll attempt their landing and i want to ask about the jet blue video one more time. this plane that we have not yet actually seen. weve seen a u.s. air force plan...

Because when youre coming in at that speed. its actually your tail doing most of the steering for you. obviously having a tweaked, a sideways front wheel isnt going to help you, but the air rushing past your tail is really whats going to keep that plane lined up down the runway at those speeds. >> megyn: and so what he was saying is what your you were saying. trying to keep the belly, the nose of the plane up just to kill the speed and then, how fast will the plane be going when they try to touc...

Something happens and you tweak at that plane one way or the other the pilot has a little more room to work. >> megyn: were going to listen to the chopper pilot again. >> even close to lambert at this stage of the game and we may or may not have success with that. we want to let you know that. if you see the helicopter turn circles here, youll understand why. but in terms of just manpower, yes, there would easily be, im sure four or five times the amount of equipment at lambert than there would ...

Violently one way or the other and then you have the potential for the wing tip tanks to strike the ground and potentially be punctured and sparks fly and then a real problem. >> megyn: this is just breaking were getting word the lear jet with the nose gear problem is diverting away from this airport to lambert airport. i want to get to trace gallagher with more, trace? >> reporter: were trying to find out where lambert airport is, megyn and-- im sorry? so, st. louis international airport. we we...

Plane to be light and to be able to slow down to a very good speed before it actually touches down gently on the nose gear. >> megyn: and jon scott, were told that thats exactly an lear jet that the landing problem is doing, circling and burning off fuel i imagine in that scenario how donning would it it take? and any danger to those below with the fuel? >> no danger really on the ground. as long as youre able to dissipate that in the air. and, yeah, theyre going to -- as trace said, you dont wa...

Do not know the number of people on board, we know its reported theyre having landing gear problems and both of the pilots who we have with us today. jon scott and dj frost, a commercial airline pilot, tell us that this should be handleable. its a problem thats not-- all of these things are potentially catastrophic, but it should be handleable by a trained pilot as we watch the u.s. air force attempt to help this lear jet by at least doing fly-byes that might mimic what the lear jet is going to ...

What you dont want is the rear gear collapsing and the wing tips coming down and striking one of the fuel tanks on the tip of that lear jet. >> megyn: just as we look the at the plane and you can see the bubble on the wing, thats the fuel tank, jon? >> thats the fuel tanks on this design of the jet. >> megyn: looks like theyre going back up and its another fly-by. stand by one second because weve got trace with breaking news on this, trace. >> reporter: i just wanted to jump in here quickly megy...

This on the belly of the airplane, which is very possible, im sorry, toss it back? >> yeah, trace, well take it back to new york for one minute here and tell our viewers, listen were going on a seven second delay like we do in these situations often, lest anything happen, we certainly hope it does not. bear with us, as we put the feed on seven second delay. all right. and the question is, trace. what kind of -- where is the fuel in this lear jet? our own jon scott is a pilot, just e-mailed me, s...

Were going to try to get him back. but im wondering, jon, youve never been in this situation, we call john the macguyver of fox news, and you talk about s snow hes one, and flown one. and if there are any passengers on board that flight. is there anything nethey can do to help? >> no, stay seated and seat belts tight and follow the pilots instructions. its going to be a clincher of a landing and everybody is going to be paying attention on this one. >> megyn: and just to let folks now, its keepi...