Anybody have any more info than the article has? Sounds like not a huge deal but not a fun way to start a flight.

Nose gear on plane at Conn. airport collapses - WGGB abc40/FOX 6: News, Weather, Sports: Springfield, MA

Nose gear on plane at Conn. airport collapses
Associated Press - March 1, 2011 8:44 AM ET

WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn. (AP) - Passengers were evacuated from a plane at Bradley International Airport in Connecticut when the nose gear of their aircraft collapsed as it was pushing away from the gate.

A spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administration says 29 passengers and three crew members were taken off the Embraer 145 operated by Trans States Airlines, a contractor for US Airways, after the front landing gear on the Pittsburgh-bound flight collapsed at about 6:45 a.m. Tuesday.

No one was hurt.

A spokeswoman for US Airways says the cause of the collapse remains under investigation.

Passengers were placed on other flights.

 

God those things are falling apart....Last time I rode TSA, we had 8 MELs on a single 145.

 

Hulas wouldn't have it any other way.

 

This is the guy that had the APUs removed from the ATPs

 

Sounds like something that would happen at Lakes...

 

Thats one of the oldest and most neglected planes in the fleet.

 

Here's another link

Nose Gear Collapses On Plane At Bradley - Connecticut News Story - WFSB Hartford

 

I thought you meant a TSA agent collapsed the nose gear while he was climbing on airplanes - looking for a way to sneak aboard...

 

I'm right up the road from BDL and I didn't even hear about it. Local news tonight didn't mention it

 

Oh, I thought it was a WWYD question: You place the gear handle in the down position and observe two green lights. I'm flying a Beech 18, what's the question again?