Plane at Local Airport Slides off Taxiway

[Jaffa]

Here's the story:

The Continental Airlines plane was nearly full when it slid off a taxiway at Hancock Airport just after ten o-clock this morning. The flight was headed to Newark, New Jersey when the pilot lost control just after leaving the gate. No one was hurt a bit, but it did try the patience of vacationers headed for warmer climates. They lost a few hours of leisure time after their twin-engine jet, taxi-ing out for takeoff this morning, slipped off the pavement and ended up nose-down in a mix of snow and mud. They were never in any danger, but it took a while to get other flights briefly delayed and get a bus out to the plane to get passengers back to the terminal.

Jason Streeter, passenger:

[Paz]

 I saw this on the news yesterday, could have been worse I guess.

[loomex]

Yep, that was an ERJ145. Last night the emergancy crews where all over Ithaca-tompkis regional airport(kith) because a Dash-8  was reading red for the gear. They got the gear down and green a few minutes before landing. I bet that made for a few tense moments for the passengers.

[Jaffa]

There was a pic in the paper...it's a snow day so I'll scan when I get un-lazy

[OTTOL]

Here's the story:


Clearly,...................... some people knoow nothing about aviation, but you get the general idea.

you could tell the wheels were spinning and then it just stopped

  ..........the pilot was probably revving the engine and slipping the clutch to get traction!  ;D

[Jared]

[quote]

[FLYING_TRUCKER]

They say if you start off in a LOWER GEAR your wheels won't spin!!!!!!!

LOL


Cheers....Happy Landings....Doug

[Daz]

aircraft, gears? u guys are nuts....lol

shouldnt have been trying to fly in zero visibility then should they the donkeys