Just got an e-mail claiming FedEx is off the runway (again) at MEM with a report of fire...
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Just found this online:
FedEx plane makes emergency landing at Memphis International Airport
July 28, 2006 01:10 PM EDT
FedEx plane accident at Memphis International Airport
A FedEx MD-10 caught fire after landing at the Memphis International Airport. Three people were on board the plane at the time of the incident, and have been reported safe. A fire at the scene of the accident has also been put out.
Runway 18 at Memphis International Airport is currently closed, but officials at the airport say that passenger traffic is not being affected.
http://www.wmcstations.com/Global/story.asp?S=5210979
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FedEx plane makes fiery landing in Memphis
By Ruma Banerji Kumar
July 28, 2006
A FedEx plane had a fiery landing around 11:30 Friday when landing gear on the left side of the plane collapsed and caused a major fire. The plane’s crew got out of the plane in time to avoid injuries, said airport authority president and chief executive Larry Cox. The Memphis Fire Department was able to put out the flames quickly, but fire authorities are still conducting thermal imaging tests to check for hotspots that could cause further flareups.
There was "substantial damage," Cox said to both wings of the MD-10 plane because of the heavy smoke, fire and rocky landing. The crash temporarily closed one of the airport’s western runways, which could spur slight delays for Northwest Airline flights leaving and arriving midday, Cox said.
He said an accident investigation is underway.
http://www.commercialappeal.com/mca/...877376,00.html