A NASA research aircraft crashed in a fiery landing accident, but luckily none of the crew aboard the jet were harmed.
One of NASA's high-altitude WB-57 research jets skidded across the runway trailing fire and smoke behind it at Houston's Ellington Field on Tuesday (Jan. 27) after landing with its wheels up due to a mechanical issue. Video posted to social media by Houston Air Watch shows the plane making a landing on its belly. It's unclear what the mechanical issue may have been, but it appears to have affected the aircraft's landing gear.
