US 'spy plane' makes emergency landing in Russia after 'problem with its landing gear'

Daily Mail ^ | 7/28/2016 | Will Stewart

[orchestra]

A United States 'spy plane' has made an emergency landing in eastern Russia, it has emerged today.

The surveillance Boeing OC-135B aircraft was flying a mission over Siberia as allowed under the Treaty on Open Skies when it reported a problem with its landing gear.

The unarmed plane made an emergency landing at Khabarovsk airport, but a military source in Russia has questioned whether the technical glitch was genuine.

[butlerweave]

What did Obama give Putin now ?

[headstamp 2]

Here we go......

[RummyChick]

ROFL..just as DNC is claiming Putin hacked their emails.

If a glitch, what an inopportune time to have to have an emergency landing.

[McGruff]

Trump’s Fault!

[2banana]

If you have a problem with your landing gear why would you need to make an immediate emergency landing?

[VTenigma]

I guess planes can’t fly with landing gear issues. What a load of bull.

[BenLurkin]

Exactly the question.

[RummyChick]

Hillary’s hacked emails

[rdl6989]

I can’t believe this is actually happening.

[Stand Watch Listen]

Is this another ‘snakes on a plane’ situation??? ;)

[gigster]

I’m sure the Russians will promptly return our government property to us after a cursory glance at the plane. Riiiiiiiiight..

[bubbacluck]

Maybe the landing gear were stuck in the down position. Doesn’t that make it hard to fly?

[RummyChick]

"They were due to go direct from Ulan-Ude north-northeast to Yakutsk,' said the unnamed source, as reported by The Siberian Times. 'Just imagine the kind of loop they needed to make to request the landing at approximately the same distance, but to the east?'.."

[stars & stripes forever]

WALK DOWN MEMORY LANE...

“Barack Obama microphone gaffe: ‘I’ll have more flexibility after election’”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/barackobama/9167332/Barack-Obama-microphone-gaffe-Ill-have-more-flexibility-after-election.html

[dforest]

Oh brother................

[TalonDJ]

It is an Open Skies Treaty plane. Russian can already request copies of all the data it gathers. This isn’t a Rivet Joint.

[WKUHilltopper]

Obama’s gift to the Russians.

[InterceptPoint]

Ssshhhh. The plane had Trump-Pence markings and was just stopping to pick up a thumb drive with those 30,000 emails.

[Perseverando]

Instead, after take-off the crew noticed the problem and the Boeing went east and made a landing 1,660 miles away in Khabarovsk.

An emergency landing 1,600 miles away??