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Airliner carrying felons tips over on tarmac in Salt Lake City
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| 10/23/4
Posted on 10/23/2004 3:29:38 PM PDT by SmithL
SALT LAKE CITY --
An airliner loaded with 68 federal prisoners tipped over on a wing after mechanics jacked up a set of wheels to replace a worn tire at the airport. No one was injured.
The Boeing 727 was making a weekly stop in Salt Lake City Friday to pick up federal prisoners and drop others off when mechanics began working on the plane.
Airport spokeswoman Barbara Gann said the plane was jacked up on asphalt not strong enough to handle the weight of a fully fueled Boeing 727. Mechanics also miscalculated the plane's center of gravity.
"They should have either moved it, drained it of fuel or made other accommodations," Gann said.
Maintenance workers and firefighters righted the plane using heavy equipment.
The inmates are being held in area jails while the plane is repaired, which officials said could take until Tuesday.
The chartered plane is owned by Planet Airways Inc. of Orlando, Fla. Last year another Planet Airways chartered flight carrying federal prisoners blew two tires while landing at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport,
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: conair; oops
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This needs a picture
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posted on
10/23/2004 3:29:39 PM PDT
by
SmithL
To: SmithL
Imagine when all those balls and chains went to one side.
To: SmithL
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posted on
10/23/2004 3:34:56 PM PDT
by
pipecorp
("never know where you're going till you get there." the philosopher Insectus Harem)
To: SmithL
To: glock rocks
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posted on
10/23/2004 3:36:15 PM PDT
by
tubebender
(If I had know I would live this long I would have taken better care of myself...)
To: Fester Chugabrew
There are LOTS of excellent pictures of cargo loading errors on airliners.net. Also, ABSURDLY LOW approaches to SXM (hence, "sex on the beach").
Just don't visit the site shortly before flying.
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posted on
10/23/2004 3:36:52 PM PDT
by
eno_
(Freedom Lite, it's almost worth defending.)
To: SmithL
Didn't I see this in a movie once? Or was that The Fugitive?
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posted on
10/23/2004 3:37:32 PM PDT
by
Tall_Texan
(Let's REALLY Split The Country! (http://righteverytime3.blogspot.com))
To: SmithL
Where's Nicholas Cage when you need him.
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posted on
10/23/2004 3:37:38 PM PDT
by
Focault's Pendulum
(Everybody be quiet!!!! I'm trying to pass the World Global Test!!...B: All Of The Above!)
To: SmithL
Why are federal Prisoners on a plane? Do they normally take vacations? :)
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posted on
10/23/2004 3:37:50 PM PDT
by
PureSolace
(A Conservative bases his politics from his morals, and a Liberal bases his morals from his politics.)
To: Tall_Texan
Didn't I see this in a movie once? Or was that The Fugitive? I think you're thinking of ConAir :)
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posted on
10/23/2004 3:38:20 PM PDT
by
PureSolace
(A Conservative bases his politics from his morals, and a Liberal bases his morals from his politics.)
To: SmithL
Were they "Union" or "Non-Union" mechs?
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posted on
10/23/2004 3:38:21 PM PDT
by
Don Corleone
(Leave the gun..take the cannoli)
To: PureSolace
Exactly HOW did they get through airport security with those leg irons?
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posted on
10/23/2004 3:38:44 PM PDT
by
Tall_Texan
(Let's REALLY Split The Country! (http://righteverytime3.blogspot.com))
To: SmithL
Democrat lawyers heading to Florida....the plane "tiltled" on the left side, no doubt..
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posted on
10/23/2004 3:39:18 PM PDT
by
ken5050
To: Focault's Pendulum
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posted on
10/23/2004 3:39:30 PM PDT
by
PureSolace
(A Conservative bases his politics from his morals, and a Liberal bases his morals from his politics.)
To: SmithL
LMAO....Uh, How high did they jack the plane up to tip it over?
To: SmithL
Were they being taken to early voting in FL?
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posted on
10/23/2004 3:44:36 PM PDT
by
CAluvdubya
(Goose hunt? Looked more like a snipe hunt to me.)
To: SmithL; tubebender
Hmmmmm. the local TV news says it didn't tip over on its wing, and the chain of events was different as well. AP, huh?
KSL News story
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posted on
10/23/2004 3:44:39 PM PDT
by
glock rocks
(I'm not sure what Van Helsing is shooting, but I want one)
To: SmithL
Too bad it wasn't the same tarmac that sKerry appeared on with at a contrived photo shot. The public was conspicuously absent.
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posted on
10/23/2004 3:50:37 PM PDT
by
lilylangtree
(Veni, Vidi, Vici)
To: PureSolace
Not to worry citizen, your tax dollars at work!
Thought they were headed to some place called paradise...
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posted on
10/23/2004 3:51:33 PM PDT
by
Issaquahking
(U.N., greenies, etc. battling against the U.S. and Constitution one freedom at a time. Fight Back !)
To: SmithL
Were they transporting them to polling places across the country.
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posted on
10/23/2004 4:00:57 PM PDT
by
OldFriend
(It's the soldier, not the reporter who has given US freedom of the press)
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