Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Jet Blue Crash

 
Original - JetBlue Airways Flight 292, an Airbus A320-232, going from Bob Hope Airport (BUR) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) made an emergency landing at LAX on September 21, 2005 after the front landing gear malfunctioned. The front gear was turned perpendicular to the runway causing the tires to be torn off and sparks to fly up on impact. No one was injured during the landing and passengers began to disembark less than seven minutes later.
 
Edit 1 - Lowered noise reduction
 
Edit 2 As Edit 1, but cropped.
Reason
A rare shocking picture showing a plane making a emergency landing. This is a very unique image, because very few pictures exist during airplane crashes, and its rare that they're released under a free license suitable for Wikipedia. I realize the plane is a bit off center, but if you count the smoke as part of the picture it looks centered. I was kinda surprised this wasn't a featured picture.
Articles this image appears in
Airbus A320 family, JetBlue Airways, Emergency landing, and JetBlue Airways Flight 292
Creator
Andrew Marino at airliners.net, uploaded by Neurophyre (talk · contribs)

Promoted Image:JetBlue292Landing.jpg MER-C 04:46, 16 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]