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By Kendal Kelly
ASSOCIATED PRESS
3:04 p.m. June 10, 2005
OKLAHOMA CITY – A hydraulic line on a commuter jet ruptured Friday after the plane landed, spraying passengers inside the cabin with fluid and prompting an emergency evacuation, authorities said. Nobody was seriously injured on the Mesaba Airlines flight from Memphis, Tenn., but two passengers were taken to a hospital as a precaution, said Karen Carney, a spokeswoman for Will Rogers World Airport.
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The 56 passengers and four crew members aboard the four-engine Avro RJ85 were evacuated by slides. Sixteen people were taken to the airport's fire station to wash off the hydraulic fluid.
Tracy and Anne Bezner and their four children were among those sprayed. The Bezners, missionaries from Okinawa, Japan, on a trip to visit family in Oklahoma, walked through the terminal barefoot after showering at the fire department. They wore white jumpsuits provided by firefighters and carried their clothes in trash bags.
"The fluid was spraying out in some places and gushing out of others, so we were jumping out of our seats and into the aisle to avoid it," Tracy Bezner said. He said he heard a popping noise before the hydraulic line ruptured.
Anne Bezner said the fluid stung the skin and irritated the eyes. She said the children were scared and crying.
"I tried to stand over the children and get them to be calm," she said.
The cause of the leak was under investigation.
A similar incident involving an Avro RJ85 operated by Mesaba and made by British Aerospace happened Sept. 1 at the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport. Hydraulic fluid sprayed into the cabin, and a passenger was cut on the arm during the evacuation.
The hydraulic system is used for braking and steering. Mesaba spokesman Dave Jackson said that if this model plane experiences hydraulic problems while in flight, it can still be steered manually.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
3:04 p.m. June 10, 2005
OKLAHOMA CITY – A hydraulic line on a commuter jet ruptured Friday after the plane landed, spraying passengers inside the cabin with fluid and prompting an emergency evacuation, authorities said. Nobody was seriously injured on the Mesaba Airlines flight from Memphis, Tenn., but two passengers were taken to a hospital as a precaution, said Karen Carney, a spokeswoman for Will Rogers World Airport.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/images/t.gif
The 56 passengers and four crew members aboard the four-engine Avro RJ85 were evacuated by slides. Sixteen people were taken to the airport's fire station to wash off the hydraulic fluid.
Tracy and Anne Bezner and their four children were among those sprayed. The Bezners, missionaries from Okinawa, Japan, on a trip to visit family in Oklahoma, walked through the terminal barefoot after showering at the fire department. They wore white jumpsuits provided by firefighters and carried their clothes in trash bags.
"The fluid was spraying out in some places and gushing out of others, so we were jumping out of our seats and into the aisle to avoid it," Tracy Bezner said. He said he heard a popping noise before the hydraulic line ruptured.
Anne Bezner said the fluid stung the skin and irritated the eyes. She said the children were scared and crying.
"I tried to stand over the children and get them to be calm," she said.
The cause of the leak was under investigation.
A similar incident involving an Avro RJ85 operated by Mesaba and made by British Aerospace happened Sept. 1 at the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport. Hydraulic fluid sprayed into the cabin, and a passenger was cut on the arm during the evacuation.
The hydraulic system is used for braking and steering. Mesaba spokesman Dave Jackson said that if this model plane experiences hydraulic problems while in flight, it can still be steered manually.
