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Midway: Southwest Plane Crashes through fence.
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Posted on 12/08/2005 5:37:35 PM PST by sharkhawk

A plane has apparently crashed through a fence at Midway airport in Chicago. Southwest airline 737 plane now sitting in intersection of 55th and Central. Channel 7 has confirmed, fire and ambulances on way. Details still sketchy.


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: aviation; bushsfault; chicago; chicagomidwayairport; flight1248; hatewhenthathappens; illinois; kmdw; mdw; oops; planecrash; swa; zaucenter
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To: Petronski
Next time you're on St. Maarten head on over to the Sunset Beach Bar.
221 posted on 12/08/2005 7:41:42 PM PST by A.A. Cunningham
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To: SamAdams76

Nope, that's real...Princess Juliana, St. Maarten, Netherlands Antilles. The beach is Maho Beach and there are hundreds of pictures like that of airplanes coming in right over the beach; the end of the runway is just across that access road. The airport only has one runway, and there's a mountain at the other end, so most approaches are made over Maho Beach. Granted, that 747 was a little low, but not THAT low compared to others. If you go to airliners.net and look for their most popular pictures of all time, probably two-thirds of them are shots taken at Maho Beach.

}:-)4


222 posted on 12/08/2005 7:41:56 PM PST by Moose4 (Liberals and vampires: Both like death, both hate crosses, and both are bloodsuckers.)
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To: BureaucratusMaximus
BTW whoever posted the "Blizzard of '05" post was more on the mark than I thought. Initial forecasts called for 2-3 inches...there was at least 8-10 on the ground an hour ago...and its still coming down.

Despite this, and a 3 hour drive home that usually takes 45 minutes...we're all NOT going to die, just thought I'd add that.

223 posted on 12/08/2005 7:42:06 PM PST by BureaucratusMaximus (The 2005 Chicago White Sox---World Series Champs---WOO! HOO!)
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To: Petronski
At the southeast corner of the airport, there is an intersection. At the northeast corner of that corner there is the White Castle.

You win, that's correct.
224 posted on 12/08/2005 7:42:43 PM PST by plsvn
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To: Diddle E. Squat
Perhaps the ugliest paint scheme in transportation.

Nope


225 posted on 12/08/2005 7:42:47 PM PST by al baby (Father of the beeber)
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To: Petronski

Yo its a date me too


226 posted on 12/08/2005 7:43:24 PM PST by al baby (Father of the beeber)
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To: A.A. Cunningham

I went there for the picture I posted. But it's a bar website, so I thought it might be a gag...




;OD


227 posted on 12/08/2005 7:43:56 PM PST by Petronski (I love Cyborg!)
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To: piasa

"Note to Southwest:
Hire more ex-Navy pilots."

I'm just tuning in....I take it you're an ex-navy pilot. Wasn't that what the airlines did after Vietnam? ....hire ex-military pilots? That was probably their greatest source of experienced pilots. Am I correct?


228 posted on 12/08/2005 7:45:05 PM PST by toldyou
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According to WGN, 3 children, 2 adults injured in the car, at least 2 are in critical condition, some of the others are serious.


229 posted on 12/08/2005 7:45:49 PM PST by Diddle E. Squat
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To: rwfromkansas
"That doesn't make much sense since it was snowing here."

This is info from people supplying relief crews. Snow/ice or whatever, they have a major problem. It isn't very warm right now.

230 posted on 12/08/2005 7:47:34 PM PST by cibco (Xin Loi... Saddam)
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To: Diddle E. Squat

WGN: Firefighters say that the 2nd car struck was parked and unoccupied.


231 posted on 12/08/2005 7:47:38 PM PST by Diddle E. Squat
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To: Diddle E. Squat

thanks for the updates


232 posted on 12/08/2005 7:52:41 PM PST by stlnative
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To: Diddle E. Squat
According to WGN, 3 children, 2 adults injured in the car, at least 2 are in critical condition, some of the others are serious.

The crawl on FNC is saying that 4 people have been taken to hospital.

233 posted on 12/08/2005 7:57:03 PM PST by Irish Eyes
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To: All
Look at the guy hunched down in this picture as the plane comes over them. (he is in front of the guy in the red shirt at the right of the picture.)

picture link
234 posted on 12/08/2005 7:59:14 PM PST by stlnative
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To: Central Scrutiniser

The WSJ said Southwest went for Denver because they have excess planes due to NOLA being washed away.


235 posted on 12/08/2005 7:59:44 PM PST by BurbankKarl (NRA EPL)
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To: SamAdams76
They're legit. Here's the approach to PJIA.

PJIA


236 posted on 12/08/2005 8:02:16 PM PST by A.A. Cunningham
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1 fatality a 6 year old kid


237 posted on 12/08/2005 8:03:44 PM PST by Petruchio ( ... .--. .- -.-- / .- -. -.. / -. . ..- - . .-. / .. .-.. .-.. . --. .- .-.. / .- .-.. .. . -. ...)
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To: Petronski

I take it that you and the lovely Ms. cyborg will be living close to the airport?

I used to live in Seattle about halfway between Seatac and Boeing Field. 747's were always taking off and landing. I love watching those planes in the air. They are so stately, like ocean liners of the sky.

It just sucks to travel in them (if you are flying coach, that is).


238 posted on 12/08/2005 8:03:58 PM PST by Alouette (Learned Mother of Zion)
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To: Diddle E. Squat

Local news in STL says that as many of 9 injuries on the ground have been report due to this plane sliding off the runway.


239 posted on 12/08/2005 8:04:13 PM PST by stlnative
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To: Irish Eyes
Per WLS-TV.
6 year child has died at the hospital. Prayers for the family.
First fatal crash in Southwests history.
240 posted on 12/08/2005 8:04:14 PM PST by sharkhawk (Bear Down Chicago Bears)
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