Thursday, May 19, 2011

Abortion.


A plane carrying first lady Michelle Obama came too close to a massive military cargo jet because of an air traffic controller's error and had to abort a landing at Andrews Air Force Base, U.S. aviation officials said Tuesday.

The FAA said that the Boeing 737, one of the fleet of presidential passenger jets, came within three miles of the military plane during the Monday evening flight, when a minimum separation of five miles is required to avoid dangerous wake turbulence.

Controllers at the air base in Maryland feared the cargo jet would not clear the runway in time, unidentified federal officials told the Washington Post.


Air Force One's arrival at Bradley International Airport was delayed slightly Wednesday morning after the pilot executed a "missed approach" and aborted the landing.

People onboard the Boeing 747 reportedly did not even realize the landing was aborted, but people awaiting Air Force One's arrival at the Air National Guard base in East Granby did.

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