Posted on 07/08/2008 6:54:54 AM PDT by varina davis
Obama's Plane Scare July 08, 2008 7:36 AM
By the time we all heard about it the unscheduled stop that the campaign plane of Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, made in St. Louis yesterday was ultimately uneventful. But the incident was quite dicey there for a spell.
As the pilot struggled to re-gain control of the pitch of the plane - the angle of the nose of the plane - Obama was told that he and the other 44 passengers on board might have to assume the brace position upon landing, bending forward with their heads between their knees.
That ultimately did not happen, but National Transportation Safety Board chairman Mark Rosenker told ABC News' Dennis Powell yesterday that the incident "is extremely serious in this particular case."
An inflatable slide in the tail cone of the plane had deployed, making control of the plane tough. "There are hydraulic lines back there," Rosenker says. 'There are control cables that deal with the elevators and other area's of control surfaces for the aircraft, and could potentially make it extremely difficult if not impossible to fly the aircraft."
Three fire trucks met the plane on the tarmac in St. Louis. Obama called his wife Michelle to let her know he was fine before she saw anything on TV about the plane's unscheduled landing. The plane was supposed to land in Charlotte, NC.
This was not Obama's regular campaign plane, which is being overhauled. It was a loaner, having previously been used by Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY.
Maybe Bill left his girlfriend on the plane.
Good work, but with looter guy, shouldn’t that be a complimentary Heinekin bottle in Hillary’s front paw?
I can’t take credit. I “borrowed” it. :)
What is so unusual about them assuming this position?
You posted: My first thought was that this had to be a recreation of the movie “Airplane” upon reading it was an inflatable item that caused the problem.
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If I recall correctly, in “Airplane” the inflatable auto-pilot was actually somewhat of a hero. Of course, inflation was initially a problem, but the pretty girl was able to take care of that problem through an aptly-located valve. Afterward, smoking was briefly allowed in the cockpit...
Not a thing, if your a liberal.
My prayer is never answered!
“I think ashtrays are flying, and some flunky is getting an earful about how to do the job right.”
Ha ha! Good one!
“Obama was told that he and the other 44 passengers on board might have to assume the brace position upon landing, bending forward with their heads between their knees”
Guy sitting next to barak:
“NO ! The pilot meant put your head between your OWN knees.”
“pitch problem”= Shrillary Airlines
“I smell a rat, Walter.” - Edward G. Robinson, “Double Indemnity”.
bttt
Ya just can’t make this shit up...
lmao!!!
lol
*snicker snicker* Arkancide.
Actually it’s a rental, from Midwest Airlines. They’re responsible for maintenance, not Clinton.
It was turned over to the Obama campaign, specially modified, so the screws would jam durng flight.
The sabotage was not quite well enough done.
“Arkancide” was one of the first thoughts to cross my mind, even if the plane HADN’T been recently in the hands of the “opposition Democrat” people.
What did Herself, still the Cold and Joyless, know, and when did she know it?
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