NASA plane makes fiery emergency landing in Texas (VIDEO)

The WB-57 aircraft was forced to slide without its landing equipment deployed due to a mechanical issue, the agency said

Dramatic video footage has captured the moment a NASA research plane was forced to make a fiery emergency ‘belly landing’ at a Texas airport on Tuesday after suffering a technical problem.

Footage shared on social media shows flames billowing from the bottom of the WB-57 jet as it skidded along the runway with its landing gear not deployed.