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P180 Belly Landing at HPN this Morning
Was it Avantair?
What's the story?
AUGUST 3, 2007
Delays and overcrowding at Westchester County Airport this afternoon
By SARAH JOHNSTON AND NICOLE NEROULIAS
THE JOURNAL NEWS
WHITE PLAINS - Delays and overcrowding continue this afternoon at the Westchester County Airport, after a small private plane had trouble landing this morning and blocked the main runway for several hours.
The Piaggio P180 plane landed safely at 8:30 a.m. after having a problem with its landing gear.
But the main airport runway, used by commercial flights, was closed until 11:30 a.m. - when the plane was towed off the runway -causing flights to be delayed and overcrowding to develop at the terminal, airport officials said.
"It has been backed up," county spokeswoman Donna Greene said. "Some airlines are on time and some are not."
To alleviate the overcrowding, only passengers whose flights are about to depart are being let into the lounge area.
Friday afternoons are often busy with business and vacation travel, and this morning's incident certainly did not help, one airport official said.
Travelers are advised to check with the airport and their airlines for information about flight delays.
The plane's equipment problem was reported shortly after 8 a.m. Firefighters were standing by as the plane landed, said John Starace, airport operations manager.
"There's an investigation," said Starace. "It landed with no gears, it just sort of slid down the runway." The two people on board the twin-engine plane were not injured. The plane incurred minor damages.
Was it Avantair?
What's the story?
AUGUST 3, 2007
Delays and overcrowding at Westchester County Airport this afternoon
By SARAH JOHNSTON AND NICOLE NEROULIAS
THE JOURNAL NEWS
WHITE PLAINS - Delays and overcrowding continue this afternoon at the Westchester County Airport, after a small private plane had trouble landing this morning and blocked the main runway for several hours.
The Piaggio P180 plane landed safely at 8:30 a.m. after having a problem with its landing gear.
But the main airport runway, used by commercial flights, was closed until 11:30 a.m. - when the plane was towed off the runway -causing flights to be delayed and overcrowding to develop at the terminal, airport officials said.
"It has been backed up," county spokeswoman Donna Greene said. "Some airlines are on time and some are not."
To alleviate the overcrowding, only passengers whose flights are about to depart are being let into the lounge area.
Friday afternoons are often busy with business and vacation travel, and this morning's incident certainly did not help, one airport official said.
Travelers are advised to check with the airport and their airlines for information about flight delays.
The plane's equipment problem was reported shortly after 8 a.m. Firefighters were standing by as the plane landed, said John Starace, airport operations manager.
"There's an investigation," said Starace. "It landed with no gears, it just sort of slid down the runway." The two people on board the twin-engine plane were not injured. The plane incurred minor damages.
