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Plane Carrying Tony Blair Overshoots Miami Runway
CBS ^ | December 26, 2006

Posted on 12/26/2006 5:19:02 PM PST by West Coast Conservative

British Prime Minister Tony Blair was confirmed to be aboard the British Airways flight that overshot the runway at Miami International Airport Tuesday evening.

Flight 209, carrying 343 passengers and crew onboard luckily had no injuries. The plane did not sustain any damage, but some runway lights were broken by the plane. The plane was making an arrival from London’s Heathrow Airport, with Blair traveling in first class.

No word yet on what caused it to slightly run off the landing area and onto the grass.

The plane, with passengers inside, is being towed to the terminal.

CBS sources would not comment further as to why Blair was traveling on the plane.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Florida; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: blair; miami
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To: Right_in_Virginia

He would get all the security needed whether he flies commercial or special chartered plane. The only thing where I may go along with him travelling by charter is that of the inconvenience to others on the commercial flight. However unless he pays for the chartered plane I will go with the inconvenience for others.


81 posted on 12/27/2006 5:27:08 AM PST by snugs ((An English Cheney Chick - Big Time))
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To: Gideon Reader

"got a REAL strong Jones for some Third World Pollo ,Arroz Moro, & Platanos maduro."

You forgot the coffee con leche/colado, and, worse yet, the flan!

;-)


82 posted on 12/27/2006 5:55:10 AM PST by GladesGuru (In a society predicated upon Liberty, it is essential to examine principles, - -)
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To: finnigan2

"- I'm not a pilot, but as a passenger, I've noticed that pilots from northern climates can sometimes have problems when landing at airports like Miami or Tampa where the air is often hot and very humid. This seems to increase the lift on the wings."

As a seaplane pilot, rest assured that heat and humidity decrease lift, not increase it.

The factors controlling a large jet are both complex and have response factors which make it very easy for the pilot to get behind the time line for decision making.

Even a slight error can cause difficulties when landing a few hundred thousand pounds of metal on a narrow strip of pavement at speeds double that of highway travel. That's Interstate speeds on a good day, and in open country.

Still and all, the pilot will doubtless hear about that one for a long time.


83 posted on 12/27/2006 6:03:40 AM PST by GladesGuru (In a society predicated upon Liberty, it is essential to examine principles, - -)
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To: DustyMoment
The Prime Minister is not their equivalent of the President. The President is more of a cross between a symbolic monarch (he's the Chief of State), and an ordinary executive/dictator/leader. A Prime Minister is merely the head honcho of the majority political group in Parliament.
84 posted on 12/27/2006 7:06:37 AM PST by Jedi Master Pikachu ( John 3:16 -- Why there's a Christmas.)
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To: TYVets

What's bad about "slightly run off the landing area ?"


85 posted on 12/27/2006 7:10:35 AM PST by Jedi Master Pikachu ( John 3:16 -- Why there's a Christmas.)
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To: DustyMoment; gcruse
The Prime Minister is not nearly as powerful as a President in some ways; in others, he is weaker (since the Prime Minister would usually have the rest of the legislature backing him up). gcruse has a stronger point than you that a closer analogy to a(n American) President would be the British monarch.
86 posted on 12/27/2006 7:14:39 AM PST by Jedi Master Pikachu ( John 3:16 -- Why there's a Christmas.)
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To: gcruse; DustyMoment

Since you both are getting kind of technical, technically the President is not directly elected, just pointing that out.


87 posted on 12/27/2006 7:16:03 AM PST by Jedi Master Pikachu ( John 3:16 -- Why there's a Christmas.)
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To: DustyMoment
Technically (again) the British monarch is the head of the British government (hence the term Prime Minister). Conversely(?), the President is arguably not the head of the American government, either, as their are three branches, and the executive is supposed to be the weakest. Therefore, collectively, Congress is the head of the government, though the President is obviously the most powerful single, elected official.

And then there's the sovereign nation made of sovereign states thing, and which is more powerful: the federal or state governments?

88 posted on 12/27/2006 7:20:29 AM PST by Jedi Master Pikachu ( John 3:16 -- Why there's a Christmas.)
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To: Jedi Master Pikachu
their there .....
89 posted on 12/27/2006 7:21:01 AM PST by Jedi Master Pikachu ( John 3:16 -- Why there's a Christmas.)
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To: Jedi Master Pikachu

You're having a slow day aren't you?


90 posted on 12/27/2006 8:04:05 AM PST by DustyMoment (FloriDUH - proud inventors of pregnant/hanging chads and judicide!!)
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To: snugs

Just curious, how is the PM reached in an emergency if he's flying commercial? Is it on an unsecured phone? What privacy/security is he guaranteed if he needs to talk with say...the POTUS?


91 posted on 12/27/2006 3:58:58 PM PST by Right_in_Virginia
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To: I see my hands
We never overshot a stop, however.

LOL. I was on an Orange line street car-subway in your fair city in the early 70's that derailed. We all had to get out and walk along the tracks to the next station.
92 posted on 12/27/2006 7:51:59 PM PST by JayNorth
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To: GladesGuru
...and have response factors which make it very easy for the pilot to get behind the time line for decision making...

There was an old saying in flight school:
INSTRUCTOR: "Son, you never have to worry about crashing an airplane."
STUDENT: "Really, sir, why is that?" (thinking it's a compliment.)
INSTRUCTOR: "You're so far behind the plane will be miles ahead of you when it crashes."
93 posted on 12/27/2006 8:02:28 PM PST by JayNorth
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To: West Coast Conservative

Blair's vacation destination: The Gibb Mansion

25°50'16.45"N
80° 7'56.83"W

Formerly used by JFK for trysts with certain females including Marilyn Monroe.


94 posted on 12/28/2006 5:53:51 AM PST by Fester Chugabrew
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