Any Airbus guys on here...if you go to emer electrics what do you have left?
At the time of the emergency runway 10/28 at New Orleans was not available and was closed. Frantic attempts by tower to get the runway clear during the emergency proved unsuccessful, the runway was cleared and opened about 10 minutes after UA-497 had landed.
Anyone know what they're doing to 10/28? NOTAM just states "closed". If it was something simple like stripe repainting or similar, that's a pretty serious issue they couldn't get it cleared in time for them. If an aircraft in distress wants a runway, barring part of it being bulldozed or something, they get it. Period.