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Title: Carrier Says Safety of Obama's Plane Was Not in Question
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URL Source: http://blogs.abcnews.com/e_scapes/2008/07/carrier-says-sa.html
Published: Jul 7, 2008
Author: ABC News
Post Date: 2008-07-07 19:01:16 by Jethro Tull
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Views: 193
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Carrier Says Safety of Obama's Plane Was Not in Question July 07, 2008 3:59 PM The National Transportation Safety Board said Monday that it is investigating what caused Senator Barack Obama’s plane to make an unexpected landing today in St. Louis. The presumptive Democratic nominee for president was traveling from Chicago to Charlotte when the pilot's first officer announced that they were experiencing controllability issues with the pitch of the MD-80 series aircraft. Those on board were told the issue was a "minor little problem," and the plane remains in St. Louis this afternoon for maintenance. In statements today, the NTSB called the incident "an uneventful precautionary landing" and Midwest Airlines, the carrier that runs the charter plane, said "there was never an issue as to the safety of the flight." The carrier said an emergency slide in the tail cone of the plane had inadvertently deployed in flight. The Federal Aviation Administration said today that a slide deploying in flight does indeed happen from time to time, and could cause flight control problems. Indeed, on Monday NTSB chairman Mark Rosenker called this a "serious incident." "It is extremely serious in this particular case," Rosenker said. "There are hydraulic lines back there. There are control cables that deal with the elevators and other areas of control surfaces for the aircraft, and could potentially make it extremely difficult, if not impossible, to fly the aircraft." MD-80s series planes are some of the oldest aircraft that U.S. airlines are flying today, and their age means they're more likely than newer planes to require maintenance. The same type of plane was at the center of this spring's mass flight cancellations, when Delta and American cancelled thousands of flights to reinspect wiring on their MD-80 series aircraft. -Snip
Poster Comment: Yeah, yeah.....a sudden leak in the hydraulic lines....I saw a Columbo with a similar theme.
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#1. To: Jethro Tull (#0)
Minor???????????????? Why land then????? I understand pilots will avail themselves of the local overnite Chinese laundry. hehehehehehe Hey, just a rumor.
Did you ever see the one where Trish VanDevere plays a movie producer? I think she's hot.
"There's.....Something on the wing. Some...... Thing!."
Hillary's airplane mechanics are on the job.
AIPAC/PNAC/ADL/NAACP/FEDERAL RESERVE/SPLC/JINSA/ACLU/CHRISTIAN ZIONISTS/AEI/FEDERAL MEDIA & HOLLYWOOD: Think about it.
All my bags are packed....
Isn't it odd Bill is MIA since the witch lost?
Yeah, where is Bill?
AIPAC/PNAC/ADL/NAACP/FEDERAL RESERVE/SPLC/JINSA/ACLU/CHRISTIAN ZIONISTS/AEI/FEDERAL MEDIA & HOLLYWOOD: Think about it.
Bill is seething, scheming, planning and getting things done. If O chooses Hillary, his live expectancy will be that of a fruit fly.
Duuuuuhhhhh...the pilot? Seriously...who writes this sh*t?
Those on board were told the issue was a "minor little problem,"
#2. To: Jethro Tull (#0)
I saw a Columbo with a similar theme.
#3. To: Jethro Tull (#0)
I've already said too much.
#4. To: MUDDOG, Jethro Tull (#3)
"There's.....Something on the wing. Some...... Thing!."
#5. To: Jethro Tull (#0)
#6. To: MUDDOG (#3)
#7. To: wbales (#5)
#8. To: Jethro Tull (#7)
Isn't it odd Bill is MIA since the witch lost?
#9. To: wbales, Jethro Tull (#8)
Isn't it odd Bill is MIA since the witch lost?
#10. To: wbales, 20-12 (#8)
#11. To: Jethro Tull (#0)
The National Transportation Safety Board said Monday that it is investigating what caused Senator Barack Obama’s plane to make an unexpected landing today in St. Louis.
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