Landing gear problems force a United Airlines flight to make an emergency landing at Newark Liberty International Airport, WCBSTV reports.
No injuries were reported in the incident, which occurred around 9:30 a.m. Sunday. The Port Authority said all 53 people aboard Flight 634 from Chicago were safely evacuated via emergency chutes.
Officials said the plane’s landing gear apparently failed to deploy properly, but it’s not yet clear why that happened.
The incident caused delays of about an hour for departing flights, and also led to a temporary shutdown of the airport – which has since reopened.
(WCBSTV / Eli Rowe / YWN-32)
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I was scheduled on what we believe was this aircraft going back to ORD early this afternoon. I will have to give some extra tzedoka by mincha, which due to the cancellation I will now have an opportunity to daven with a minyan.
last year i was supposed to be on a flight which i believe was to be piloted by the captain of the flight in this story. his wife had a baby and he needed to get off the plane so i had the opportunity to daven shachris with more kavanah as we waited for a replacement pilot to do the takeoff.
… or to quote Rav Moshe zt”l, upon being asked by someone who was almost on a flight that crashed, if he should bentch hagoimel, Rav Moshe answered, “you ALMOST have to bentch…”
yes, I can feel it in the air, Purim is approaching