Post #117,229
9/9/03 12:40:39 PM
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Plane plows through Midway barrier
The Boeing 757-300 crashed through a red and white checkered barrier at the end of the runway before coming to rest partially on the grass, 200 to 300 feet from the street.
None of the 107 passengers and seven crew members was injured, but a young pregnant woman, clearly distraught after being shuttled to the terminal, was examined by paramedics as a precaution.
Why the 6-month-old aircraft was unable to stop on the 6,521-foot runway was unclear. But some passengers believe the pilots didn't put the plane on the tarmac soon enough.
"We were half way down the runway, or pretty close to half way, [when] the plane made quite a dip as it was searching for the ground," said 33-year-old passenger Jerome Cleland of Rogers Park.
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Post #117,248
9/9/03 2:22:43 PM
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Re: Plane plows through Midway barrier
Midway is *small*. When landing there, you are scraping the roofs of nearby buildings, as the plane has to get right down on the runway in order to stop in time.
-drl
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Post #117,250
9/9/03 2:27:44 PM
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Re: Plane plows through Midway barrier
Help me out, is Midway our little airport near St. Louis? The one that we just reopened?
Nightowl >8#
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Post #117,252
9/9/03 2:39:39 PM
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*Chicago* Midway Airport.
[link|http://www.chicago-mdw.com/|Link].
Alex
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Post #117,253
9/9/03 2:48:57 PM
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Re: *Chicago* Midway Airport.
Thanks, I thought maybe I had it wrong. Ours is called MidAmerica, or something, I just remembered that.
I didn't realize Chicago had more than one airport, I only knew of O'hare. :)
Thanks for clearing that up.
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Post #117,259
9/9/03 3:32:49 PM
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Chicago has 12 airports.
If you count heliports, now that Dailey has terrorized Meigs.
1. Midway
2. O'Hare
3. Lansing
4. Aurora
5. Lake in the Hills
6. Palwaukee
7. Lewis University
8. Schaumburg Heliport
9. Schaumburg Regional
10. Tinley Park Heliport
11. Waukegan
12. Dupage
bcnu,
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Post #117,288
9/9/03 7:50:25 PM
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Oh, I thought Midway Island...
Have fun,
Carl Forde
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Post #117,289
9/9/03 7:52:53 PM
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EZ there.. that was '43 :-\ufffd
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Post #117,290
9/9/03 8:23:38 PM
9/9/03 8:25:27 PM
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Re: Oh, I thought Midway Island...
Don't feel bad, at first I did too. I thought maybe a plane crossed some no-fly air space barrier or something. :)
Edit: And thanks so much Mmoffitt, I had no idea Chicago had that many airports!! I was only ever in a small little part of it. :)
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Edited by Nightowl
Sept. 9, 2003, 08:25:27 PM EDT
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