FedEx off runway ORD
 

FedEx plane stuck in mud at O'Hare, closing runway

CHICAGO As Chicago battles a fierce winter storm that skirted Tennessee, a FedEx plane has become mired in the mud, closing a runway at O'Hare International Airport.

The plane belonging to the Memphis-based package delivery company has its nose gear and left wheels off the runway and in the mud.

A spokeswoman for the Chicago Aviation Department says O'Hare has only one runway open.

United Airlines preemptively canceled 385 flights yesterday to give customers enough times to change travel plans.

American Airlines also has canceled all of its inbound and outbound flights from O'Hare.

FDX DC-10 also got stuck in the mud in SAN yesterday. Made the turn a little too tight off the runway.

If you guys had to repair the aircraft, you would probably stop breaking them!

Some guys would be thankful for the job security ;)

If you guys had to fly the aircraft, you would probably start breaking them!:rolleyes:

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Um....no. The aircraft, like all mechanical things, do eventually break. Which is the reason you even have a job to go to every day.

Bottom line is until a better way shows up, both pilots and mechanics are required to keep the planes in the air. Take either one away, and they gather dust.

Not to pick at the scab, but I wonder what sort of churn these incidents will create at FDX. Definitely a run of bad juju...

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I was there tonight and making the trun the controller said "In case you haven't been here lately it's a sharp 140 degree trun" now I know why.
Wasn't really that sharp and a lot of concrete. :eek: