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Reuters
Runway at Washington airport blocked for hours
Wednesday September 24, 3:40 pm ET
WASHINGTON, Sept 24 (Reuters) - The main runway at Washington's Reagan National airport was blocked for hours on Wednesday after the front landing gear of a jetliner collapsed after touchdown, stranding the Boeing 737 (NYSE:BA - News) on the tarmac.
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United Airlines (OTC BB:UALAQ.OB - News) Flight 604 with 62 passengers and crew landed safely at 10:50 a.m., but then reported a landing gear problem, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
Aviation officials said the nose gear's two wheels had fallen off the plane. The airline would only say the aircraft had a landing gear problem.
All 57 passengers and five crew members evacuated via emergency stairs and were bused to the terminal. No injuries were reported.
The disabled aircraft was stranded nearly halfway down the airport's primary runway. The FAA said it could take several hours to jack up the plane and tow it, and then the airport would have to determine whether the runway was damaged.
Traffic was shifted to a second shorter runway and only minor delays were reported.