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Old 07-23-2008 | 04:08 AM
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"HOUSTON -- A Continental Airlines flight carrying former presidential candidate Ron Paul and six other members of Congress to Washington, D.C., made an emergency landing in New Orleans on Tuesday after a loss in cabin pressure.
The seven congressmen, all from Texas, were trying to get back in time for a Tuesday night vote on an aviation safety bill when the flight landed without incident, a spokesman for one of the representatives said."
"The emergency landing was the third time in two days a plane was diverted over cabin pressure issues. A US Airways flight and a Northwest Airlines flight were diverted to airports in Kentucky and Wisconsin on Monday over cabin pressure issues"
source: abc13.com: Congressmen make emergency landing after airplane loses cabin pressure 7/23/08

Has somebody p***ed off maintenance?
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Old 07-23-2008 | 05:34 AM
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I guess they should have planned better to make the aviation safety bill vote!
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Old 07-23-2008 | 07:50 AM
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well at least it's good he's not using ridiculous amounts of tax money to charter his own plane like some.
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Old 07-23-2008 | 08:41 AM
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Originally Posted by ryan1234
well at least it's good he's not using ridiculous amounts of tax money to charter his own plane like some.
At least McCain is riding on an airplane built in the US now. He used to ride on something built in Toulouse.

*braces for flame*

That is ironic.
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Old 07-23-2008 | 09:31 AM
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-- A Continental Airlines flight carrying former presidential candidate Ron Paul and six other members of Congress to Washington, D.C., made an emergency landing in New Orleans on Tuesday after a loss in cabin pressure.
A congressman should have immediately started giving a speech -- the cabin would have re-pressurized at once.
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Old 07-23-2008 | 09:43 AM
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Originally Posted by alarkyokie

Has somebody p***ed off maintenance?

Maybe the local FSDOs need to start making their rounds instead of looking the other way.
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Old 07-23-2008 | 09:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Flyboydan
Maybe the local FSDOs need to start making their rounds instead of looking the other way.
Unfortunately, they might know more about the paperwork than the actual airworthiness
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