Posts Tagged ‘Runway’

Colin Powell slams Cheney’s book: ‘I think Dick overshot the runway’

Colin Powell has a message for Dick Cheney: His head is perfectly fine.

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Safety concerns raised about China crash runway (AP)

Chinese paramilitary policemen stand guard near the damaged Henan Airlines plane which has crashed on landing in Yichun in northeast China's Heilongjiang province Wednesday Aug. 25, 2010. A Chinese passenger jet crashed while trying to land on a fog-shrouded runway in the country's northeast and burst into flames late, killing 42 people and injuring 54 others, state media said Wednesday. (AP Photo) CHINA OUTAP – At least one airline had questioned the safety of nighttime landings at the relatively new airport in northeast China where a passenger jet crashed and burned while trying to land at night on a fog-shrouded runway, killing 42 people and injuring 54.


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Jet misses runway and crashes in China, killing 43 (AP)

In this photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, the tail section of a plane sits amidst other wreckage of a reported plane crash at an airport in northeast China's Heilongjiang province on Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010. According to Xinhua, the plane overshot the runway in Yichun city and burst into flames. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Li Guangfu) NO SALESAP – A Chinese passenger jet broke apart as it approached a fog-shrouded runway in the country’s northeast and burst into flames as it hit the ground Tuesday, killing 43 people and injuring 53 others, state media said.


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Jet misses runway, crashes in China; 42 killed (AP)

Rescuers check the wreckage of a crashed passenger plane in Yichun, in northeast China's Heilongjiang province early August 25, 2010, in this photo distributed by China's official Xinhua News Agency. Forty-nine passengers have been rescued after the plane, carrying more than 90 passengers, overshot the runway and crashed in the northeastern Chinese city of Yichun on Tuesday, state television said. REUTERS/Xinhua/Li Guangfu (CHINA - Tags: DISASTER TRANSPORT IMAGES OF THE DAY) QUALITY FROM SOURCE. NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA. YESAP – A Chinese passenger jet overshot a fog-shrouded runway in the country’s northeast and burst into flames Tuesday, killing 42 people and injuring 49 others, state media said.


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Highway becomes runway: Aircraft makes emergency landing on New Jersey Turnpike

A radio station’s eye-in-the-sky traffic reporter created a rush-hour jam of his own when he landed his single-engine plane on the Jersey Turnpike early Monday morning.

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