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Pilot trying emergency landing at Bush Intercontinental Airport Plane landed safely)
Houston Chronicle ^
| 05/02/2006
Posted on 05/02/2006 3:10:56 PM PDT by oxcart
Houston firefighters are standing by for the emergency landing of a of a 50-passenger jet at Bush Intercontinental Airport, an airport spokesman said today.
The Continental Express Embraer 145 took off between 4 and 4:20 p.m., said Rich Fernandez, a spokesman for the Houston Airport System.
``It blew a tire on takeoff and is circling the airport now,'' Fernandez said. ``I do not know what airline this is.''
The Embraer 145 is known as a ``regional jet,'' Fernandez said.
TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: airemergency; houston; iah; landing; smalljets
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To: The_Media_never_lie
I've actually been to their plant.
We nearly got a similiar (smaller) Ebraers for company planes, but went with some more traditional corporate jets.
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posted on
05/02/2006 3:48:57 PM PDT
by
MeanWestTexan
(Many at FR would respond to Christ "Darn right, I'll cast the first stone!")
To: oxcart
To: Recovering Hermit
Yes, but that was one beautiful landing. Couldn't have been better.
To: cardinal4
Last week I flew (I am a white knuckle flyer) in one and it is a very stable aircraft. It has a much smoother flight in rough weather than a Boeing 757 (much larger).
To: pollyannaish
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran; TomGuy
Streaming the Khou-TV stream. Excellent covereage. Getting people on who actually know something. What a concept!
Thanks again, Tom for posting the link!
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posted on
05/02/2006 3:51:05 PM PDT
by
don-o
To: se_ohio_young_conservative
I'm a sucker for a happy ending.
To: se_ohio_young_conservative
praying for a good ending !
To: oxcart
I hope they get the plane down safely. I was just on one of these out of IAH last week and scheduled to fly back in one one next week.
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posted on
05/02/2006 3:53:51 PM PDT
by
deport
To: Paleo Conservative
My calibrated eye says it would be hard to pick a better aircraft to have to attempt this type of landing in. Note the very long distance between the right rear and nose gear, compared to the much shorter distance between the rears. This ratio will give the pilot a lot of steering authority even without the tires. The rims are likely good for one landing without coming apart.
I predict a nonevent in twenty minutes.
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posted on
05/02/2006 3:54:35 PM PDT
by
SENTINEL
(USMC GWI (MY GOD IS GOD, ROCKCHUCKER !!))
To: oxcart
From video of flyby. You can see the difference in the tire sizes between the left and right.
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posted on
05/02/2006 3:54:44 PM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: aviator
Smaller jets don't have a fuel dump capability. Not even the B737.
I can't find anything Embraer-specific, but
here is Boeing's chart showing which planes have fuel dump capability. As you said, no 737 has fuel dump capability; even the 757 can't dump fuel.
To: don-o
I was watching it on Fox26, they went back to there show changed to 11 but 26 back on flight.
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posted on
05/02/2006 3:55:38 PM PDT
by
HuntsvilleTxVeteran
("Remember the Alamo, Goliad and WACO, It is Time for a new San Jacinto")
To: don-o
. . . Khou-TV stream . . . I agree. The coverage is excellent.
To: oxcart
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posted on
05/02/2006 3:56:05 PM PDT
by
TomGuy
Swapping landing from runway 9 to runway 15.
More direct approach into the wind, aiding in slowing the plane.
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posted on
05/02/2006 3:56:07 PM PDT
by
humblegunner
(If you're gonna die, die with your boots on.)
To: don-o
Talking about the professionalism of the pilot in "solving the problem". My mind keeps going to the fear in the cabin.
Father in heaven, send comfort to all on that plane.
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posted on
05/02/2006 3:56:35 PM PDT
by
don-o
To: se_ohio_young_conservative
We may see it on time-delay. KPRC, Ch. 2, Houston, earlier went to time-delay on shots from their news helicopter, so that the actual landing won't be seen from that angle (I don't know if they will be shooting it from a different vantage point, however). Just in case.
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posted on
05/02/2006 3:56:51 PM PDT
by
Rte66
To: oxcart
A couple of the streaming feeds went dead for a while, but they all seem to be working again.
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posted on
05/02/2006 3:56:58 PM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: baltodog
12K ft run way should be enough.
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posted on
05/02/2006 3:57:20 PM PDT
by
fhlh
(Polls are for Strippers.)
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