An AV-8B Harrier Jet is capable of vertical takeoff and landing meaning, it does not require a runway to takeoff or to land. What would happen and what would a pilot do if the landing gear of Harrier fails.
The US military has just released a video of a situation where a US Marine Corps pilot Captain William Mahoney was made to land the same fighter jet on a stool. Since, biggest disadvantage of this fighter jet is the front landing gear, which fails fairly regularly.
Here is the video
[yt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRtlM6IoH-Y[/yt]
You can watch the video directly on YouTube by clicking here.
To land a $30 million fighter jet with a risk crashing on the landing deck and risking the lives of people on it. The pressure could have been immense. But Captain Mahoney pulled it perfectly.
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