Delta 757-300 emergency landing COS
 

Hmmmm, why are the slides blown?

filler........

How the heck did the gear catch on fire? Even if they were overweight, the runway is plenty long and the weather is cool. I wonder what was going on there?

Funny thing is.. nobody got hurt until it came time to slide down. Everyone was fine until a safety feature caused injury. Just sayin.

That "safety feature" is designed to get you off the plane quickly to save your life, with the risk of minor injury. Getting hundreds of people off a jet in under 90 seconds comes with a chance of injury, that's just life.

Obviously.

"It was diverted to Colorado Springs for an emergency landing because the right engine was idling and wouldn’t throttle up or down, according to emergency communications."

hmmm...

"The irony of the Information Age is that it has given new respectability to uninformed opinion" -John Lawton-

Delta Flight Makes Emergency Landing, 2 Hurt - News Story - KRDO Colorado Springs

"Maintenance crews determined that the plane had “hot brakes.” The term “hot brakes” refers to something that sometimes happens during fast landings. The heat from the brakes affects the air temperature and pressure in the plane’s tires. That poses the dangerous possibility of the tires exploding.

A Delta spokesperson told NEWSCHANNEL 13 that the plane was diverted because the pilot noticed that an indicator warning light had lit up. It indicated that there might be engine trouble."

I like it when the news just reports what they actually know (or at least what they were told) and doesn't try to pretend like they know more than they do.

So what's the point of your first post then? :rolleyes: