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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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1 posted on 12/08/2005 5:37:35 PM PST by sharkhawk
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To: sharkhawk

Ice-related, I would bet.


2 posted on 12/08/2005 5:38:04 PM PST by AmishDude (Your corporate slogan could be here! FReepmail me for my confiscatory rates.)
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To: sharkhawk

Another Burbank?


3 posted on 12/08/2005 5:38:15 PM PST by cardinal4
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To: sharkhawk

Prayers for safety of passengers, crew and people on the street


4 posted on 12/08/2005 5:38:39 PM PST by EDINVA
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To: sharkhawk

First reports are that it was a flight out of either Baltimore or DC and headed to Vegas.


5 posted on 12/08/2005 5:39:38 PM PST by hole_n_one
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To: sharkhawk

This should make for an interesting episode of A&E's Airline.


6 posted on 12/08/2005 5:39:42 PM PST by H. Paul Pressler IV
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To: sharkhawk
Opps!!!!
7 posted on 12/08/2005 5:40:39 PM PST by Popman (In politics, ideas are more important than individuals.)
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To: sharkhawk
Note to Southwest:

Hire more ex-Navy pilots.

8 posted on 12/08/2005 5:40:47 PM PST by piasa (Attitude Adjustments Offered Here Free of Charge)
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To: sharkhawk

Ice on the runway?


9 posted on 12/08/2005 5:41:06 PM PST by hsalaw
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To: sharkhawk

Hope no one is hurt...

"Southwest airline 737 plane now sitting in intersection of 55th and Central"

This just strikes me as wrong...


10 posted on 12/08/2005 5:41:22 PM PST by dakine
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To: AmishDude

Yeah, we have about 5 to 6 inches here. CLTV reporting plane is 737 sitting about halfway into street.


11 posted on 12/08/2005 5:41:48 PM PST by sharkhawk (Bear Down Chicago Bears)
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To: AmishDude
"You are now free to move about the tarmac".

Sorry, that might be in bad taste...I really do hope no one is hurt.

12 posted on 12/08/2005 5:41:50 PM PST by Recovering_Democrat (I am SO glad to no longer be associated with the party of Dependence on Government!)
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To: sharkhawk

KCBS says that the plane has a struck some type of a building.


13 posted on 12/08/2005 5:42:07 PM PST by hole_n_one
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To: Popman

I think you mean "ooops."


14 posted on 12/08/2005 5:42:24 PM PST by It's me
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To: sharkhawk; davidosborne; Dashing Dasher

Any bets some of the last words on the CVR were "OOOHHHH $&!T"


15 posted on 12/08/2005 5:42:26 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: sharkhawk

Hoping all are ok.

Used to work at Midway, fueling commercial and private aircraft. Southwest was one of our commercial accounts. During iffy weather the large planes often had trouble with Midways short runways.


16 posted on 12/08/2005 5:42:31 PM PST by moehoward
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To: sharkhawk; admin
Sorry, beat my post. Admin, please delete my thread.

Hope that the passengers will be ok.

17 posted on 12/08/2005 5:42:33 PM PST by Tench_Coxe
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To: dakine

Stuck in Chicago traffic - it ain't going nowhere...


18 posted on 12/08/2005 5:42:34 PM PST by over3Owithabrain
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To: dakine

Midway is an airport sitting right in the middle of a Chicago neighborhood. The runways are very close to 55th and Central.


19 posted on 12/08/2005 5:43:09 PM PST by sharkhawk (Bear Down Chicago Bears)
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To: AmishDude

A lot of snow here in Chicago tonight. I think more than was expected.

I believe 55th goes along the north side of Midway. There is a wall that runs along 55th, some of it chain link. Sounds like the jet skidded through the wall.


20 posted on 12/08/2005 5:43:19 PM PST by Thane_Banquo ("Give a man a fish, make him a Democrat. Teach a man to fish, make him a Republican.")
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