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Midway: Southwest Plane Crashes through fence.
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Posted on 12/08/2005 5:37:35 PM PST by sharkhawk

A plane has apparently crashed through a fence at Midway airport in Chicago. Southwest airline 737 plane now sitting in intersection of 55th and Central. Channel 7 has confirmed, fire and ambulances on way. Details still sketchy.


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: aviation; bushsfault; chicago; chicagomidwayairport; flight1248; hatewhenthathappens; illinois; kmdw; mdw; oops; planecrash; swa; zaucenter
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To: Alouette

We won't be living near any major commercial airport. Currently she lives half an hour from JFK.


241 posted on 12/08/2005 8:05:21 PM PST by Petronski (I love Cyborg!)
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242 posted on 12/08/2005 8:07:41 PM PST by A.A. Cunningham
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oops...

as many as 9 injuries


243 posted on 12/08/2005 8:08:01 PM PST by stlnative
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To: BurbankKarl

Denver was on the radar, but about 2 years away.

They will be hurting Frontier and United. Which is fine with me, I fly free on USAirways for life now.


244 posted on 12/08/2005 8:08:31 PM PST by Central Scrutiniser (Christmas is annoying, Happy Festivus)
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To: sharkhawk

Prayers. It sounds like a family might have been in one of the cars.


245 posted on 12/08/2005 8:11:31 PM PST by CindyDawg
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To: Central Scrutiniser

Southwest resumes flying out of Denver on 3 January 2006.


247 posted on 12/08/2005 8:17:25 PM PST by A.A. Cunningham
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To: Augie76; cibco

10 days ago...ah, so that does make sense then. I was under the impression this happened this week or something, which meteorologically makes no sense since there would have been no way for ice to have formed instead of snow with this deep of cold air. But, it could have happened 10 days ago since teh cold air was less strong.

Thanks for the info. It sounds pretty bad......being without power in this cold (heck, it got down to -8 below here in central KS last night.....I can only imagine how bad it is in SD) has got to be terrible. I hope power can be restored quickly.


248 posted on 12/08/2005 8:21:30 PM PST by rwfromkansas (http://www.xanga.com/rwfromkansas)
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To: oceanview
white castle.

I haven't had a White Castle in twenty years.

....and don't even suggest I try the frozen ones that taste nothing like the , hot, greasy, steamed, onion covered, salt and peppered decadent real ones.

Oh my God I'm drooling~~~~~~~

249 posted on 12/08/2005 8:22:50 PM PST by SweetCaroline ( "It's Because I Love You.....That I Make Your Life So Miserable")
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To: rwfromkansas
There was a similar situation in '91 in MN. They only lost about 300 transmission lines. It took 2 months to restore power. They didn't have the shortage of supplies due to the hurricanes.
250 posted on 12/08/2005 8:25:37 PM PST by cibco (Xin Loi... Saddam)
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To: CindyDawg
One of these?


251 posted on 12/08/2005 8:25:52 PM PST by ChefKeith ( If Diplomacy worked, then we would be sitting here talking... And I'm getting sick of talking!)
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To: A.A. Cunningham

I did Maho Beach a while back. It's awesome. But I've never seen one as low as that last pic! Holy crap!


252 posted on 12/08/2005 8:26:14 PM PST by July 4th (A vacant lot cancelled out my vote for Bush.)
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To: CindyDawg

just heard that one of the children died that was in transport to the hospital........so sad........


253 posted on 12/08/2005 8:29:34 PM PST by NorCalRepub
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To: ChefKeith

I think so. It looked a lot bigger standing under it though:') The darn thing groans


254 posted on 12/08/2005 8:30:27 PM PST by CindyDawg
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To: NorCalRepub
Yeah. Very sad. Praying for the others, the families, and the pilots.
255 posted on 12/08/2005 8:32:20 PM PST by CindyDawg
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To: Petronski; A.A. Cunningham; cyborg
I love the beach! For me, it's a two-fer!

I've flown Southwest, always interesting. I'm glad the plane came to a safe stop, it was a freakin' blizzard there, per the footage on FOX. The Southwest pilots have quite a tongue in cheek sense of humor, I wonder if they had any quips once they realized all onboard were safe?

256 posted on 12/08/2005 8:34:54 PM PST by fortunecookie
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To: Petronski; A.A. Cunningham; cyborg
Oops, hit send too soon! Here's a pic per FOX News:


257 posted on 12/08/2005 8:37:35 PM PST by fortunecookie
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To: fortunecookie

I hope for their sake they didn't quip, since they smooshed some Chicagoans with their little excursion.



Seriously, though, SW pilots: nice job. It could have been much worse, I think.


258 posted on 12/08/2005 8:38:41 PM PST by Petronski (I love Cyborg!)
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To: fortunecookie

I doubt they were in much of a joking mood. They spent years and tens of thousands of dollars for training to get where they are, and now they're unemployed and unemployable.


259 posted on 12/08/2005 8:39:26 PM PST by Turbopilot (Nothing in the above post is or should be construed as legal research, analysis, or advice.)
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To: fortunecookie
Here's a pic per A&E:


260 posted on 12/08/2005 8:39:54 PM PST by Petronski (I love Cyborg!)
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