Plane carrying White House Chief of Staff makes emergency landing

JEP · November 27th, 2005, 03:40

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A small plane carrying White House chief of staff Andrew Card had to make an emergency landing today in Nashville, Tennessee.
Officials say the twin-engine plane landed after smoke began pouring into the cockpit.
There were 13 people on the Gulfstream 4 plane bound for Washington from Texas, where Card had been meeting with President Bush at his ranch in Crawford. No one was injured.
A spokeswoman for Nashville International Airport says they thought there was some problem with the instruments but they weren't sure what was causing the smoke.
A White House spokesman says they decided to be safe rather than sorry and that it was a "fairly routine matter."

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Philip · November 27th, 2005, 03:47

A GIV is a small twin engine plane? wowm what's a 172?

"A man safely landed at an airport today when the saddle alipped on the gnat he was riding"

B767Driver · November 27th, 2005, 09:37

Some guys at my airline call an MD80 a light twin. The 76ER carries more fuel than the -80 weighs at max gross.

Doug Taylor · November 27th, 2005, 10:19

The -80 IS a light twin!

JDE · November 27th, 2005, 12:06

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A White House spokesman says they decided to be safe rather than sorry and that it was a "fairly routine matter."

So the emergency landing or the smoke in the cockpit was "fairly routine"? I didn't think either was "routine".

November 27th, 2005, 10:19	#4
Doug Taylor Agent Smith Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: KSDL Posts: 40,599 Blog Entries: 1	The -80 IS a light twin! __________________ Doug Taylor http://76school.flyblog.com (old!) http://30west.flyblog.com (updated 11/28)

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November 27th, 2005, 03:47	#2
Philip Old Skool Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: KAPA Posts: 1,522	A GIV is a small twin engine plane? wowm what's a 172? "A man safely landed at an airport today when the saddle alipped on the gnat he was riding"

November 27th, 2005, 09:37	#3
B767Driver Old Skool Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,859	Some guys at my airline call an MD80 a light twin. The 76ER carries more fuel than the -80 weighs at max gross.