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Plane Carrying Tony Blair Overshoots Miami Runway
CBS ^
| December 26, 2006
Posted on 12/26/2006 5:19:02 PM PST by West Coast Conservative
British Prime Minister Tony Blair was confirmed to be aboard the British Airways flight that overshot the runway at Miami International Airport Tuesday evening.
Flight 209, carrying 343 passengers and crew onboard luckily had no injuries. The plane did not sustain any damage, but some runway lights were broken by the plane. The plane was making an arrival from London’s Heathrow Airport, with Blair traveling in first class.
No word yet on what caused it to slightly run off the landing area and onto the grass.
The plane, with passengers inside, is being towed to the terminal.
CBS sources would not comment further as to why Blair was traveling on the plane.
TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Florida; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: blair; miami
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To: West Coast Conservative
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posted on
12/26/2006 5:20:31 PM PST
by
aculeus
To: aculeus
Tony Blair flies commercial? I'm not sure what to make of that.
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posted on
12/26/2006 5:21:46 PM PST
by
Domandred
To: West Coast Conservative
That'll teach Tony to rub elbows with the hoi polloi on a commercial flight.
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posted on
12/26/2006 5:21:54 PM PST
by
quark
To: West Coast Conservative
Somebody's gonna be in big trouble at British Airways.
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posted on
12/26/2006 5:22:27 PM PST
by
oldbill
To: aculeus
Indeed, wonder why he's in Miami ?
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posted on
12/26/2006 5:23:25 PM PST
by
cmsgop
( Axis of Evil = North Korea, Iran, Kevin Federline)
To: Domandred; snugs
Paging snugs -
Didn't you say Blair travels commercial? That he is not permitted to use the Queen's plane?
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posted on
12/26/2006 5:24:18 PM PST
by
SnarlinCubBear
("Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil." -- Thomas Mann)
To: cmsgop
Probably meeting with Tancredo.
They both have immigration issues.
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posted on
12/26/2006 5:25:41 PM PST
by
StoneGiant
(Power without morality is disaster. Morality without power is useless.)
To: West Coast Conservative
The Prime Minister travels on commercial flights? Frankly, that doesn't sound too secure.
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posted on
12/26/2006 5:26:35 PM PST
by
saganite
(Billions and billions and billions-------and that's just the NASA budget!)
To: cmsgop
Indeed, wonder why he's in Miami ? Castro go bye-bye?
To: West Coast Conservative
I thought only Prince Chuck was going to fly commercial - NOT the equivalent of their president!!
This is NUTS!!!!
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posted on
12/26/2006 5:27:29 PM PST
by
DustyMoment
(FloriDUH - proud inventors of pregnant/hanging chads and judicide!!)
To: StoneGiant
Like Tancredo dares set foot in Miami.
Good attempted hijack of a thread about a plane, though.
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posted on
12/26/2006 5:28:19 PM PST
by
Dog Gone
To: cmsgop
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posted on
12/26/2006 5:28:28 PM PST
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: cmsgop
Indeed, wonder why he's in Miami ?Winter, beach, holiday
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posted on
12/26/2006 5:28:32 PM PST
by
Diddle E. Squat
(An easy 10-team playoff based on the BCS bowls can be implemented by next year. See my homepage.)
To: West Coast Conservative
Landing with the wind, not into it?
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posted on
12/26/2006 5:29:12 PM PST
by
r9etb
To: cmsgop
He likes to vacation in the Carribean - he might have been in transit to there.
To: Domandred
Tony Blair flies commercial? I'm not sure what to make of that. I know that the Queen has flown commercial before.
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posted on
12/26/2006 5:30:05 PM PST
by
Gay State Conservative
("The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism."-Karl Marx)
To: r9etb
Or landing three sheets to the wind, maybe....
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posted on
12/26/2006 5:30:30 PM PST
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: West Coast Conservative
I saw that on FOX a little while ago. Nervous pilot? If not then, he is now. :)
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posted on
12/26/2006 5:31:20 PM PST
by
sageb1
(This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
To: cmsgop
He often holidays in the Caribbean would that be on route?
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posted on
12/26/2006 5:33:05 PM PST
by
snugs
((An English Cheney Chick - Big Time))
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