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)

Support as nominator Noah¢s (Talk) 02:40, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
Weak support A tiny bit small, and not enough leadroom in front of the plane, but considering that it's rare...--HereToHelp ^{(talk to me)} 02:59, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
Support Definitely encyclopedic and not an easy shot to get. A careful noise reduction would help. Durova^Charge! 03:04, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
- I was thinking it might need some noise reduction, ~~but I had no clue how to do this~~ Never mind, I figured out how to do it. Noah¢s (Talk) 04:01, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
  - Much better. Durova^Charge! 06:06, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
Support Edit 1, the image certainly has its problems (most notable i think is the short lead-in), but the wow factor makes this one a go for me. The edit did a good job in reducing the noise without going overboard.D-rew (talk) 18:15, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
Support It's got enough WOW factor to convince me over the picky little things. Clegs (talk) 20:08, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
Support original Great picture, but edit 1 looses too much background detail over some noise that never really disturbed me anyways. thegreen J Are you green? 00:33, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
Support original I agree with thegreen J Are you green? --Trounce (talk) 17:34, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

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