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[Gulfstream 200]

Federal Aviation Administration has launched an investigation into how two city trucks were able to stray onto a runway at O'Hare International Airport, forcing two planes to abort landings.

On June 27, the Chicago Department of Aviation pickup trucks came within 3,000 feet of a Northwest Airlines DC-9 passenger jet and a Polar Air Cargo 747 plane, FAA spokeswoman Elizabeth Isham Cory said Wednesday.

Radar tapes showed the aircraft were traveling about 160 mph at altitudes of 200 to 300 feet when the pilots noticed the yellow city trucks on the runway, officials said.

The trucks swerved onto the grass and the pilots used an emergency maneuver called a go-around to avoid them, officials said.






those emergency go arounds....those folks are lucky they made it...

interesting enough...the other headline article was about how kerry-edwards have "good hair" and that will influence voters to vote for them...

some quality reporting here...did they hire Jason Blair???

 

[jergar999]

Those trucks were just following Daley's orders. If airplanes can't land, Chicago is safer!

 

[Pilot124]

They also had some nut job woman get on the ramp and drive a tug all over O'hare.

 

[Illini Pilot]

Federal Aviation Administration has launched an investigation into how two city trucks were able to stray onto a runway at O'Hare International Airport, forcing two planes to abort landings.

On June 27, the Chicago Department of Aviation pickup trucks came within 3,000 feet of a Northwest Airlines DC-9 passenger jet and a Polar Air Cargo 747 plane, FAA spokeswoman Elizabeth Isham Cory said Wednesday.

Radar tapes showed the aircraft were traveling about 160 mph at altitudes of 200 to 300 feet when the pilots noticed the yellow city trucks on the runway, officials said.

The trucks swerved onto the grass and the pilots used an emergency maneuver called a go-around to avoid them, officials said.






those emergency go arounds....those folks are lucky they made it...

interesting enough...the other headline article was about how kerry-edwards have "good hair" and that will influence voters to vote for them...

some quality reporting here...did they hire Jason Blair???

this story was on the front page of the Chicago Tribune today also

 

[VNugget]

Main Entry: emer·gen·cyhttp://m-w.com/images/audio.gif
Pronunciation: i-'m&r-j&nt-sE
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -cies
Usage: often attributive
1 : an unforeseen combination of circumstances or the resulting state that calls for immediate action
2 : an urgent need for assistance or relief <the governor declared a state of emergency after the flood>

What's being sensationalized? In a news publication, you use common language for the general population, not loaded language specific to a certain technical field.

 

[AceCrackshot]

My friend was the F/O of the Polar 74, and to hear him describe it, it had to be pretty exciting.

Another friend had a bus do hit and run on his CRJ at ORD. Welcome to Chicago.

 

[Gulfstream 200]

tell ya what VNUGGET, next time you do a go-around for someone on the runway...declare an "emergency"....then use your definition to explain it.

 

[VNugget]

Why? What's your point?

 

[Swass]

V- Don't worry about Gulfstream, that's just his charming demeanor.

 

[Gulfstream 200]

swass! -- you stalker...

Mr CEO?...shouldn't you be in some board meeting or something??