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The ditch and that can a be problem. megyn: it seems odd the airport would be open. maybe we are seeing runways that are open and this plane will come down on a different runway. does that seem safe to have the runways open when this plane is going to come? >> hes in a holding pattern burning off fuel as you noted. when they get ready to bring this plane in they will probably hold all other air traffic. about it generally wont be a long hold i would think. megyn: im getting in my ear we are bein...

Rubber to take the load there. up on the nose gear, when that comes down, if you blow a tire there, your landing zets squirrelly, but much of the steer can is done with the vertical stablizers. megyn: if it is the nose gear how difficult a land can is that for an experienced commercial pie loot which we assume this flight has. >> reporter: i think most pilots would prefer to land with stricken back gear. if one of them itous in front your steering will and lot more tricky. megyn: how dangerous i...

Now they have to lighten the load before they land this thing. we are being told by the faa they are trying to land in 10 minutes. they want to fly around and burn a little more fuel. but you have got a blown tire so that compromises the rest of the tires. depending on how hard you lands and how heavy this plane is, thats the key indicator here. the good thing about atlanta hartsfield airport, it has some of the longest runways in the country and emergency facilities there. you will see the truc...

Possible using up as much of the runway as they can. we dont exactly know how many passengers are onboard this flight. these things are fairly routine when they lands, but there is always that uncertainty. if you blow one on takeoff, you can blow another on landing. we also dont know which tire it was. was it a nose gear tire? a side landing gear tire? megyn: how important is that. >.>> reporter: if its a nose tire it will have to touch down very gingerly. if its one of the other tires they can ...

In perspective. this is not completely unpress dented about it is out of the ordinary. >> reporter: the airplanes blow tires, especially in weather like this. tires height on takeoff and occasionally this kind of thing happens. but what can happen when you bring a heavy airliner inner to a landing, what comes in -- they will come in on the main greer, now you have got one less tire to take the load. so very offen you can blow all the tires when you are landing a plane that already has one tire m...