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United Jet Safely Stops Takeoff At San Jose Airport After Bird Strike
SFChronicle ^
| February 16, 2009
Posted on 02/16/2009 1:45:29 PM PST by Steelfish
United jet safely stops takeoff at San Jose airport after bird strike
Heather Knight, Chronicle Staff Writer February 16, 2009
SAN JOSE -- The pilot of a United Airlines jetliner preparing for take-off this morning out of Mineta San Jose International Airport stopped the plane and shut off one of its engines after striking a flock of seagulls.
United jet safely stops takeoff at San Jose airport after bird strike 02.16.09
Flight No. 1220 - carrying 97 passengers and bound for Denver - was rolling down the runway at 120 knots, or 138.2 miles per hour, when it hit the birds at 7: 15 a.m., said United spokeswoman Robin Urbanski.
She said the pilot turned off one of the plane's two engines and used the other engine to taxi back to the gate.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: airlines; birdstrike; boeing757200; emergencylanding; ual
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posted on
02/16/2009 1:45:29 PM PST
by
Steelfish
To: Steelfish
Equipment, home base?
My brother flies for United....
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posted on
02/16/2009 1:46:13 PM PST
by
Uncle Miltie
(A trillion here, a trillion there, and pretty soon youÂ’re talking about Zimbabwe money.)
To: Steelfish
after striking a flock of seagulls. Did the passengers run so far away?
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posted on
02/16/2009 1:46:47 PM PST
by
thesharkboy
(<-- Looking for the silver lining in every cloud, since 1998)
To: Steelfish
These airline mishaps always seem to happen in bunches. Hopefully this’ll be the last one for a while.
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posted on
02/16/2009 1:47:51 PM PST
by
Boiling Pots
(Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious)
To: thesharkboy
I don’t know if I’m allowed to laugh at this but your post is hilare and only #3. LOL.
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posted on
02/16/2009 1:50:18 PM PST
by
Yaelle
To: Steelfish
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posted on
02/16/2009 1:52:04 PM PST
by
MarkeyD
(Way to go Michael Steele! MS for President!)
To: Uncle Miltie
Not sure what it was run with today. Between the 12th and the 15th, UAL1220 has used an Airbus A319, a Boeing 737-300, and a Boeing 757-200 (according to flightaware.com).
}:-)4
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posted on
02/16/2009 1:52:24 PM PST
by
Moose4
(Hey RNC. Don't move toward the middle. MOVE THE MIDDLE TOWARD YOU.)
To: thesharkboy
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posted on
02/16/2009 1:52:39 PM PST
by
GoDuke
To: Steelfish
Happens much more often than people think...
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posted on
02/16/2009 1:52:50 PM PST
by
xcamel
(The urge to save humanity is always a false front for the urge to rule it. - H. L. Mencken)
To: thesharkboy
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posted on
02/16/2009 1:54:29 PM PST
by
JRios1968
(Sarah Palin is what Willis was talkin' about!)
To: Yaelle
You’re allowed to laugh. No one got hurt!
I was on a flight with an aborted takeoff once. It was a little prop plane (8 passengers?), and an alarm sounded just as we were rotating. We rotated back down and taxied to the gate. Hearing the alarm at that moment was a little frightening...
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posted on
02/16/2009 1:55:42 PM PST
by
thesharkboy
(<-- Looking for the silver lining in every cloud, since 1998)
To: thesharkboy
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posted on
02/16/2009 1:55:51 PM PST
by
Travis T. OJustice
(Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy.)
To: thesharkboy
after striking a flock of seagulls. Did the passengers run so far away? If only this story could have been written back in 1981.
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posted on
02/16/2009 1:57:20 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(1996 2006 2008 - Good Things Come in Threes)
To: Steelfish
Usually there aren’t too many seagulls around San Jose, but the stormy weather we’ve been having always drives them inland. I saw a big bunch of ‘em having a picnic at the dumpster behind Denny’s yesterday.
To: Steelfish
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posted on
02/16/2009 2:00:42 PM PST
by
thefactor
(yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
To: xcamel
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posted on
02/16/2009 2:02:49 PM PST
by
ThomasThomas
( Accept it, there is no except after in math.)
To: Steelfish
The enviro-idiots are gaining power with the Mighty 0 now as president. They’ll now be clamoring to close all these airports which have bird habitats nearby.
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posted on
02/16/2009 2:07:51 PM PST
by
Real Cynic No More
(The only thing standing between us and complete victory over the evildoers is POLITICS!)
To: thesharkboy
You marvelous bastard!
LMAO!
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posted on
02/16/2009 2:20:57 PM PST
by
Crim
(Dont frak with the Zeitgeist....http://falconparty.com/)
To: Steelfish
“Bird Strike”
When did birds become unionized ?
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posted on
02/16/2009 2:28:24 PM PST
by
Kimmers
(Working hard so Obamas friends don't have to)
To: Steelfish
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posted on
02/16/2009 2:48:22 PM PST
by
wolfcreek
(There is no 2 party system only arrogant Pols and their handlers)
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