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You may recall that last month a plane that Sen. Obama was flying on had a control issues.
Seems the FAA was quick to start to blame the pilot for not declaring an emergency. But now that the tapes are out it is clear they did.
the tapes can be heard at this link. http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Politics/story?id=5581453&page=1
It is an interesting listen.
Seems the FAA was quick to start to blame the pilot for not declaring an emergency. But now that the tapes are out it is clear they did.
Good that the FAA is correcting themselves and the pilot appears to have done the right thing. The cause of the issue was a deployed tail emergency chute and the plane landed without incident.At the time, an FAA spokesperson said the pilot did not declare an emergency and the airline owner, Midwest Airlines, said safety "was never an issue."
The tapes, broadcast Thursday on ABC News' "World News with Charles Gibson", show otherwise.
Just 41 seconds after discovering he no longer had full control of the plane's up and down movements, the pilot told an FAA air traffic controller "at this time we would like to declare an emergency and also have CFR [crash equipment] standing by in St. Louis."
the tapes can be heard at this link. http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Politics/story?id=5581453&page=1
It is an interesting listen.