You mean.... the sky is NOT falling? Allan9 wrote: > Are we getting a little carried away with what we call an emergency? > Al > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Blaine Thompson" > <blainethompson@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 8:19 PM > Subject: Northwest plane makes emergency landing at BTR > > > http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i8_ioOULaO86HkebF4dQvm72HAawD97VN6CO1 > > > Northwest plane makes emergency landing in La. > > 1 hour ago > > BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) ? Officials say a Northwest Airlines plane was > forced to turn around and land back at the Baton Rogue, La., airport > after a small maintenance door on the bottom of the aircraft opened. > > Officials say Northwest Airlines Flight 2271 with 49 people aboard > circled near the Baton Rouge Metro Airport Monday morning to burn off > fuel so it could make an emergency landing. > > Airport spokesman Jim Caldwell said the door was ajar and a light came > on, so the plane did an about-face and landed without a problem. > > The door on the belly of the plane is used by maintenance people to > get to the navigation and other equipment. > > The plane was headed to Memphis and resumed its trip after about an hour. > > Copyright © 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If you wish to unsubscribe from the AIRLINE List, please send an E-mail to: "listserv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx". Within the body of the text, only write the following:"SIGNOFF AIRLINE".