Seven Congressmen On Board For In-Flight Emergency

Seven Texas Congressmen were on board a Continental Airlines flight from Houston to Washington D.C. when their aircraft lost cabin pressure and was forced to divert to New Orleans. Flight 458 was carrying Congressmen Ted Poe, Nick Lampson, Ron Paul, John Carter, Ciro Rodriguez, Solomon Ortiz and Henry Cuellar along with 111 other passengers when the problem developed on the 737. Representative Lampson praised the efforts of the crew by saying, "Continental Airline’s personnel and staff were exceptional; executing what seemed to me a textbook performance in emergency procedure. I was very impressed." Ironically, the Congressmen were on their way to the Nation's capital to vote on House Bill H.R. 6493, better known as the Aviation Safety Enhancement Act of 2008. Earlier this month Senator and Presidential hopeful Barrack Obama's Midwest Airlines chartered MD-81 had to divert and make an emergency landing in St. Louis due to an in-flight aft emergency exit slide deployment.

(KHOU)

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Continental 737 blows all main tires on landing

Continental 205 from Oke City had a bit of a bumpy landing at Bush Intercontinental Airport today. In fact the 737 blew all 4 of it's main tires and proceeded to have what was likely a hot brake fire on it's right mains. None of the 113 passengers or crew members were injured, in fact they didn't even evac onto Runway 8L after coming to a stop. That meant the passengers got a nice seat to watch the local ARFF guys douse them with foam as seen in the picture below taken by a passenger. Of course there was a little bit of complaining when the passengers had to wait 2 whole hours for their bags to arrive on the carousel. Sorry to inconvenience you after your near-death experience.



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