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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: oxcart
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posted on
05/02/2006 3:21:47 PM PDT
by
Crispus Attucks Patriot
(The first to give his life for your liberty was a Black man!)
To: oxcart
No tire = no brakes, no?
Any braking would be uneven...
Hope everything works out alright. Prayers.
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posted on
05/02/2006 3:22:20 PM PDT
by
baltodog
(R.I.P. Balto: 2001(?) - 2005)
To: oxcart
May be circling another 30 minutes to burn off fuel, per KHOU.
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posted on
05/02/2006 3:22:30 PM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: bondjamesbond
That looks about right. I've flown them around the mid-west a few times, and I really like them. All leather seats, nicely appointed, a bit loud, but not like the old 50-seaters I used to fly around New England 30 years ago!
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posted on
05/02/2006 3:23:01 PM PDT
by
ssaftler
(Politically Correct isn't! Progressives aren't!)
To: daybreakcoming
It's probably CO 3161, which was scheduled to leave Houston at 3:55PM. It left Gate B63A 3 minutes early at 3:52PM. It is estimated to arrive in Minneapolis at 6:33PM, but is shown on Continental's website as in flight near Houston.
To: conservative in nyc
Yes, that is the flight. The video shows the left tires just gone...blown out?
To: oxcart; Salvation
I've been praying for a safe landing for them since I heard this at 5pm..
Prayer Ping
To: Crispus Attucks Patriot
Forgot to mention that the planes are made in Brazil, according to what I read a few years ago. Still, plush and roomy.
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posted on
05/02/2006 3:24:47 PM PDT
by
ssaftler
(Politically Correct isn't! Progressives aren't!)
To: TomGuy
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posted on
05/02/2006 3:25:07 PM PDT
by
don-o
To: conservative in nyc
It's definitely CO 3161.
Here's the flight path so far.
To: oxcart
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posted on
05/02/2006 3:25:44 PM PDT
by
JennysCool
(I can't wait until every 1960s-hippie-turned-"caring progressive" is dead.)
To: oxcart
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posted on
05/02/2006 3:26:25 PM PDT
by
jimbo123
To: JennysCool
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posted on
05/02/2006 3:26:34 PM PDT
by
Flyer
(Tag line removed to appease humblegunner)
To: TomGuy
Lord. Please have mercy and help this pilot put it down safely. Send peace of soul to all an board and waiting on the ground.
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posted on
05/02/2006 3:26:51 PM PDT
by
don-o
To: TomGuy
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posted on
05/02/2006 3:26:57 PM PDT
by
oxcart
(Journalism (Sic))
To: sockmonkey
Looks like they will be an hour using up fuel (can't they dump it?)
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posted on
05/02/2006 3:27:49 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(Don't call them "undocumented workers." Use the correct term: CRIMINAL INVADERS!)
To: oxcart
They will have to dump fuel and go in wheels up.
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posted on
05/02/2006 3:27:52 PM PDT
by
VOATNOW1
To: bondjamesbond
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posted on
05/02/2006 3:29:13 PM PDT
by
jimbo123
To: NormsRevenge; glock rocks; GRRRRR
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posted on
05/02/2006 3:30:07 PM PDT
by
don-o
To: VOATNOW1
From one video feed it looked like the flaps on the left side were damaged.
Is wheels up the proper procedure?
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posted on
05/02/2006 3:30:27 PM PDT
by
oxcart
(Journalism (Sic))
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