Obama's plane scare (Plane on loan from Hillary)

abc news ^ | July 8, 2008 | abc blog

[varina davis]

Obama's Plane Scare July 08, 2008 7:36 AM

By the time we all heard about it the unscheduled stop that the campaign plane of Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, made in St. Louis yesterday was ultimately uneventful. But the incident was quite dicey there for a spell.

As the pilot struggled to re-gain control of the pitch of the plane - the angle of the nose of the plane - Obama was told that he and the other 44 passengers on board might have to assume the brace position upon landing, bending forward with their heads between their knees.

That ultimately did not happen, but National Transportation Safety Board chairman Mark Rosenker told ABC News' Dennis Powell yesterday that the incident "is extremely serious in this particular case."

An inflatable slide in the tail cone of the plane had deployed, making control of the plane tough. "There are hydraulic lines back there," Rosenker says. 'There are control cables that deal with the elevators and other area's of control surfaces for the aircraft, and could potentially make it extremely difficult if not impossible to fly the aircraft."

Three fire trucks met the plane on the tarmac in St. Louis. Obama called his wife Michelle to let her know he was fine before she saw anything on TV about the plane's unscheduled landing. The plane was supposed to land in Charlotte, NC.

This was not Obama's regular campaign plane, which is being overhauled. It was a loaner, having previously been used by Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY.

[varina davis]

Just FYI.

[commonguymd]

omG. lmao.

[Ditter]

Are you joking about it previously being hillary’s plane?

[Coffee200am]

HA HA HA!

[Long Island Pete]

Obama was told that he and the other 44 passengers on board might have to assume the brace position upon landing, bending forward with their heads between their knees.

The same position all Americans will have to assume if he is elected.

[MaggieCarta]

This was not Obama's regular campaign plane, which is being overhauled. It was a loaner, having previously been used by Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY.

There must be some residual damage from landing under sniper fire.

[Coffee200am]

[MaggieCarta]

LOL! Thanks very much.

[EagleUSA]

I don’t think the Obamanation handlers would let the High Prince of Socialism and World Change, get anywhere near a “Clinton plane”.

[maggief]

It was a loaner, having previously been used by Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY.

LOL!

[shove_it]

Suspicions confirmed!

[Arrowhead1952]

Obama was told that he and the other 44 passengers on board might have to assume the brace position upon landing, bending forward with their heads between their knees.

Ping. Every taxpayer will have to assume that same position if this P0$ gets elected.

I heard he fixed the problem by himself and then flew it to the next destination too. < /sarc>

[LikeLight]

It was a loaner, having previously been used by Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY.

No doubt leased from Foster & Brown Aviation.

[Nick Danger]

It was a loaner, having previously been used by Sen. Hillary Clinton

Of all the planes in all the towns in all the world...

[jennyjenny]

OMG, you've got to be kidding me. No wait...I so totally believe it.

[libs_kma]

I don't think the Beast is laughing about it today.

I think ashtrays are flying, and some flunky is getting an earful about how to do the job right.

[SledgeCS]

My first thought was that this had to be a recreation of the movie “Airplane” upon reading it was an inflatable item that caused the problem.

[marychesnutfan]

What fun! I wondered if there was a link and there is apparently. Where’s my bowl of popcorn?

[maggief]

[RckyRaCoCo]

See Huma, I told you to add that extra eye of newt...just for that, no cankles with your cornflakes this morning...