Posted on 08/02/2009 7:05:58 PM PDT by Steelfish
Northwest jet blows 5 tires on landing in Minn.
The Associated Press Aug. 2, 2009
MINNEAPOLIS -- A Northwest Airlines jet blew five tires as it landed at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, closing a runway for a few hours.
No injuries were reported in Sunday's incident. Fifteen employees were on the plane, but there were no passengers.
The plane landed without crashing or going off the runway, although one runway was blocked for the rest of the afternoon.
It's not clear why the tires blew. Metropolitan Airports Commission spokesman Pat Hogan says the pilot reported his brakes were overheating. Hogan says airplanes have dual wheels like semitrailers that provide stability if tires blow.
Hogan says the plane was arriving in Minnesota to prepare for future flights. It was being operated by Delta Airlines.
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Try US Airways. The worst (well, next to United.)
Continental is the best domestic carrier, IMHO.
Why don’t you fly to Las Vegas and rent a car and drive north on I-15 to So Utah? Fares to LV are dirt cheap.
The I-15 drive is easy with no problems. I’ve done it 50+ times at least.
Back when there was a People Express airline (which got absorbed by the Continental empire when that Frank Lorenzo POS ran it into the ground), people knew when a former carrier pilot was in command. HARD landing!
And where were you when I was planning this thing? lol Never even thought of it. Already have the ticket so it is too late now.
Continental improved immensely when Lorenzo got fired.
Transportation Secretary Federico Pena had barred Lorenzo from any further airline business - the only time I agreed with Pena. Lorenzo was a clusterbleep.
Normally this is the result of landing too hot.
I remember People Express. Was a passenger once...
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