Airport blowout
Some tense moments today for passengers on a flight coming into Little Rock National Airport from Cleveland. A spokesperson for the airport confirms that around 2:15 p.m., a small Continental regional jet blew a tire on touchdown. T.J. Williams with the airport said the jet, an Embraer 145, was able to land safely and proceed to the gate as scheduled. Firetrucks and other emergency support vehicles were never called out.
“It was really a non-event for us,” Williams said.
“It was really a non-event for us,” Williams said.
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Sho' nuff. Sorta like minor surgery being "minor" to everybody except the person being operated on.
Posted by: durangokid![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.arktimes.com/blogs/arkansasblog/nav-commenters.gif)
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May 16, 2008 03:26 PM
Landing an airplane that size (or larger) with a flat tire, or having a tire blow out on landing, really isn't that big a deal. I doubt the passengers even realized something was wrong. Planes arriving at the gates with blown tires isn't news at most airports.
A lot of complex reasons go into why it's not a big deal, not the least being an airplane is a flying machine, not a driving machine, so wheels are closer to being a accessory than a necessity.
Posted by: Elvis_Nixon![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.arktimes.com/blogs/arkansasblog/nav-commenters.gif)
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May 17, 2008 01:15 PM
Elvis, repeat that Tires are an Accessory line to the 170 or so who died on the Concorde when its tire blew up and caused the engine to explode. Or to the 28 who died on American Airlines in Little Rock when it hydroplaned. Most landings and takeoffs seem to require tires.
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May 17, 2008 09:05 PM
The AA flight into Little Rock didn't hydroplane. The NTSB found no evidence of hydroplaning. The pilots negligently landed the plane in the middle of a thunderstorm after the airline negligently sent them from Dallas to do so. The fact that they had been on duty for 13.5 hours and were exhausted was also a factor - along with several other problems.
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May 17, 2008 10:09 PM