Jet makes emergency landing at Stuttgart airport, Germany
AP just reports:
STUTTGART, Germany – A passenger jet made an emergency landing at Germany's Stuttgart airport on Monday, but there were no significant injuries, airport authorities and a passenger said.
The Fokker 100, which was on an internal flight from Berlin's Tegel airport, had problems with its landing gear, the airport said on its Web site.
It said five passengers suffered shock and a stewardess was taken to a hospital for observation.
Among those on board was Franz Muentefering, the chairman of one of Germany's governing parties, the center-left Social Democrats.
"It was a very serious situation," Muentefering said in a statement released by his party. "We circled for a long time, attempted the approach and then had to make an emergency landing."
"All remained uninjured," Muentefering said, thanking the plane's captain for a "masterly performance."
The airport's runway was closed temporarily.