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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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45 Passengers, 3 Crew. Prayers up! All the Houston TV channels have this live now!
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posted on
05/02/2006 3:10:57 PM PDT
by
oxcart
To: oxcart
All the rubber is gone from the left landing gear.
Wow.
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posted on
05/02/2006 3:12:50 PM PDT
by
Flyer
(Tag line removed to appease humblegunner)
To: oxcart
Thanks - been watching this. Prayers going up. Was it Minneapolis bound?
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posted on
05/02/2006 3:13:18 PM PDT
by
daybreakcoming
(If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. A. Lincoln)
To: Flyer
That's not good. They will probably have to use foam
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posted on
05/02/2006 3:14:08 PM PDT
by
Syncro
(Tag line added in solidarity with flyer)
To: daybreakcoming
They are going to try landing on 12,000 ft runway after burning more fuel
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posted on
05/02/2006 3:14:38 PM PDT
by
daybreakcoming
(If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. A. Lincoln)
To: oxcart; Paleo Conservative
The plane should land safely - we all hope.
I doubt a jungle jet like the Embraer 145 has the ability to dump fuel - so it might circle for a bit if it is full of fuel.
Where was it expected to fly from Houston?
To: daybreakcoming
Yes, I think your right.
The are foaming the runway now. The plane has been burning fuel for 1.5 hours now.
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posted on
05/02/2006 3:15:56 PM PDT
by
oxcart
(Journalism (Sic))
To: conservative in nyc
Heard a 3 hour flight to Minneapolis
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posted on
05/02/2006 3:16:03 PM PDT
by
daybreakcoming
(If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. A. Lincoln)
To: oxcart
Fernandez sounds a bit frazzled. Referred to as a "Continental Express" flight, then he says he doesn't know what airline it is.
BTW, the Embraer 145 is a mini-jet. A 12,000 ft runway SHOULD be long enough for it.
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posted on
05/02/2006 3:17:26 PM PDT
by
ssaftler
(Politically Correct isn't! Progressives aren't!)
To: Flyer
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posted on
05/02/2006 3:17:42 PM PDT
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: oxcart
max 50 seats on EMB 45 so plane is nearly full w/45 souls.
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posted on
05/02/2006 3:18:31 PM PDT
by
HuntsvilleTxVeteran
("Remember the Alamo, Goliad and WACO, It is Time for a new San Jacinto")
To: Aeronaut
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posted on
05/02/2006 3:18:48 PM PDT
by
oxcart
(Journalism (Sic))
To: All
I believe this is the type plane. . .
![Embraer 145](http://xoomer.virgilio.it/airclipper/3_M_ZA_ERJ-145_Continental-01.jpg)
Both tires are gone from the left gear.
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posted on
05/02/2006 3:18:54 PM PDT
by
Flyer
(Tag line removed to appease humblegunner)
To: oxcart
The flight crews are well trained to handle these emergencies. Although there is no rubber on the landing gear, the strut is designed to take a landing without the tires. I wish them well......
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posted on
05/02/2006 3:19:32 PM PDT
by
Ben Mugged
(If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you are reading it in English, thank a soldier.)
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
Winds are pretty strong out there so saved off landing once. No hurry, should have plenty of fuel.
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posted on
05/02/2006 3:20:12 PM PDT
by
Dysart
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
Weather looks good, no T-Storms tonight a little breeze.
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posted on
05/02/2006 3:20:18 PM PDT
by
oxcart
(Journalism (Sic))
To: oxcart
Its on Commie News Network
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posted on
05/02/2006 3:20:19 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(Don't call them "undocumented workers." Use the correct term: CRIMINAL INVADERS!)
To: oxcart
KHOU streaming link
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posted on
05/02/2006 3:20:33 PM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: ssaftler
Similar aircraft:
![](http://fotodj.com/images/airliners/Embraer%20145LR%2020504.jpg)
Not the actual aircraft.
To: Flyer; All
CNN Headline news has it on FYI
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posted on
05/02/2006 3:21:34 PM PDT
by
oxcart
(Journalism (Sic))
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