Obama's MD-80

[Thug Life]

Any 80 guys ever have this problem?


http://blogs.abcnews.com/e_scapes/2008/07/carrier-says-sa.html

 

[DASHDRIVER]

midwest md-80

evacuation slode in the tail apears to have inflated on rotation restricting control cables. Uneventful diversion to STL. No Injuries and no significant damage to a/c.

 

[Ticker]

DOH!


The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating an
incident at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport in which
a chartered Midwest Airlines airplane carrying Senator
Barack Obama made an uneventful precautionary landing due to
a suspected flight control anomaly.


At about 9:30 a.m. CDT this morning, a McDonnell Douglas MD-
81 airplane (N804ME), operated by Midwest Airlines as Flight
8663, diverted to St. Louis, Missouri, during a flight from
Chicago, Illinois to Charlotte, North Carolina. There were
no injuries to the 48 passengers and crew.


NTSB Chairman Mark V. Rosenker has designated Todd Fox as
the Investigator-in-Charge for this incident. Fox is
expected to arrive on scene this afternoon.


Post-flight inspection of the airplane revealed an in-flight
deployment of the aft emergency exit slide within the tail
cone.


Preliminary information indicate that the crew disconnected
the autopilot during climbout from Chicago, while being
vectored around thunderstorms, when they reportedly felt
elevator control forces that were heavier than normal. They
therefore elected to make a precautionary landing at St.
Louis. After landing, it was learned that the aft emergency
exit slide had deployed within the tail cone. The tail cone
did not separate from the airplane.

 

[TheJCNIs]

The best care in the air! I hope he got his cookies before they landed.

 

[greenlight]

Better luck next time Hillary!

 

[elag777]

The best care in the air! I hope he got his cookies before they landed.

should have payed the extra for an Airbus!

 

[eightdriver]

I had the aft galley slide deploy in one of our 80's at 35000 ft. in February of this year. It was pretty uneventful.

 

[ProFracPilot]

I saw Obama get off a757 in MDW a couple weeks ago (National?). Why the switch to MEP?

 

[CitationLover]

I saw Obama get off a757 in MDW a couple weeks ago (National?). Why the switch to MEP?

It was North American and I have no idea why switch, pandering for Wisconsin voters?

 

[IdRtherBsailing]

should have payed the extra for an Airbus!

That 80 is pretty pimped out. Extra, Extra leg room, club seating, stripper poles, etc. Too bad its being parked.