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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, we're told that that's 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 you're able to dissipate that in the air. and, yeah, they're going to -- as trace said, you don't want to bring an airplane in heavy. the lighter it is, the easier it is on the systems, you know,...

Do not know the number of people on board, we know it's reported they're 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. it's a problem that's 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 experience and perhaps give information to those in the control tower at least. dj is back, dj f...

What you don't 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, that's the fuel tank, jon? >> that's the fuel tanks on this design of the jet. >> megyn: looks like they're going back up and it's another fly-by. stand by one second because we've got trace with breaking news on this, trace. >> reporter: i just wanted to jump in here quickly megyn and say what the helicopter pilot, monitoring him, he's unclear if this is the exact plane. ...

This on the belly of the airplane, which is very possible, i'm sorry, toss it back? >> yeah, trace, we'll take it back to new york for one minute here and tell our viewers, listen we're 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, suggesting he believes that the winning tip fuel tanks which may not be a good thing. >> reporter:...

We're going to try to get him back. but i'm wondering, jon, you've never been in this situation, we call john the macguyver of fox news, and you talk about s snow he's 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. it's 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, it's keeping, keeping the situation relevant to the other news of the day, we are told that this airport...