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Re:Flight AC837 on an Emergency Call by throwanem on Monday February 03, 2020 @12:26PM (#22226401)
Also not a pilot, but a lifelong aviation buff: It's not safe, but it's a lot less dangerous than many other things that can go wrong. A landing with main gear locked and nose gear misbehaving is pretty survivable; a belly landing is dicier, but still well within the "everybody walks away" range of likelihood. And if it really is just a single missing wheel - well, that's why there are two of them on each axle. Again, it's not the day you want to have, but if that's the only thing wrong then chances are good of everyone walking away.

edit: That said, as noted elsewhere in the comments, it's pretty pointless to speculate, especially when a linked article mentions more issues than just a wheel having come off. (Although it's not unreasonable to notice that in particular, seeing as an Air Canada Dash-8 dropped a wheel on takeoff just last month.)

Re:Flight AC837 on an Emergency Call by jandrese on Monday February 03, 2020 @01:03PM (#22226953)
A single engine landing with no nose gear is definitely trickier since you'll lose steering authority as the plane slows down--more danger of bouncing off to the side and flipping over, but overall I'd expect everyone to walk away from this with no more than minor injuries. The minor injuries happening when people have to use the rear escape ramps that are at too steep of an angle because the plane is nose down on the ground and the tail is way high in the air.

Chances are they'll have that plane back up in the air in a few months in regular service unless it was right on the edge of retirement already.