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.
Thanks! Hope all goes well!
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Ebraer. It's Brazilian, and it's a great plane.
Note to self. Next time read the thread to see if someone else asks the "stupid question" first. :-)
Been asked already. I do not know why. I suspect - SOP. Pilot declares emergency and procedure is to land at the nearest airport. He surely declared emergency on takeoff.
Anyone else?
Nicely done job of juggling and scheduling.
If I had to make an emergency landing, IAH would have to be one of the best airports in the world to make it. Also, Houston is the hub from which these jets operate from for Continental Express. All their maintenance facilities are at IAH.
Not a stupid question. I think they want to keep the plane in Houston for investigative reasons. Costs more to fly it forth and back. Also protocols under the cirumstances. Flying with gear and flaps down probably not acceptable cross country. Others who know more will probably cime in.
Smaller jets don't have a fuel dump capability. Not even the B737.
Because the landing gear is staying down.
It slows you and drags fuel. I doubt they could make in to MN with gear down.
LOL, your not alone!
Thanks for that pick! Excellent!
Touchdown expected around 6:15 CD (about 27 minutes from now), per KHOU feed
Anyone got an update on timeline on when the landing will happen? I heard 6:15 cst from the FD Chief
The Brazilians. The company I work for owns a bunch of 'em. See my homepage for some pics. The COEX flight burning fuel right now is proabaly an XR, their longest range 145. It has a 15,000 lb tank capacity, I believe, which allows it to make the IAH-MSP run. Our longest range, the LR, probably couldnt make it. Good airplanes, I have been dispatching them for for almost 9 years now..
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