BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - The Baton Rouge Metro Airport reopened Thursday night after a plane with 53 people on board made an emergency landing. The Delta Connection Flight 5058 landed at 4:35 p.m.
Shortly after landing, the aircraft's left wing collapsed on the tarmac and passengers were rushed off the plane. There were no injuries reported. The flight was operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines.
9News is told the crew called ahead by radio alerting airport personnel they could not get the left wheel assembly down. Passengers onboard the plane tell us they were warned by flight attendants to leave the plane immediately and not to try to take anything, including overhead luggage, with them.
"I said a prayer like everyone else on the plane and that's all you can do under those circumstances," said passenger David Beard.
An airline spokesman says "the crew performed an emergency landing due to a deployment issue with one of the three landing gears." "All 50 passengers onboard exited the aircraft safely through the main passenger door, were taken to the passenger terminal and are being accommodated by customer service agents," said spokesman Jarek Beem.
Beem says Atlantic Southeast has contacted the FAA and the NTSB and will work with them on the investigation into the cause of the landing gear issue.
Source: http://www.wafb.com
BATON ROUGE, La. -- A commercial airplane made an emergency landing Thursday at Baton Rouge Metro Airport because of a landing gear failure, an airport spokesman said.
Shortly after landing, the aircraft's left wing collapsed on the tarmac and passengers were rushed off the plane. There were no injuries reported. The flight was operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines.
9News is told the crew called ahead by radio alerting airport personnel they could not get the left wheel assembly down. Passengers onboard the plane tell us they were warned by flight attendants to leave the plane immediately and not to try to take anything, including overhead luggage, with them.
"I said a prayer like everyone else on the plane and that's all you can do under those circumstances," said passenger David Beard.
An airline spokesman says "the crew performed an emergency landing due to a deployment issue with one of the three landing gears." "All 50 passengers onboard exited the aircraft safely through the main passenger door, were taken to the passenger terminal and are being accommodated by customer service agents," said spokesman Jarek Beem.
Beem says Atlantic Southeast has contacted the FAA and the NTSB and will work with them on the investigation into the cause of the landing gear issue.
Source: http://www.wafb.com
BATON ROUGE, La. -- A commercial airplane made an emergency landing Thursday at Baton Rouge Metro Airport because of a landing gear failure, an airport spokesman said.
No one was injured from the incident involving Delta Connection flight 5058 from Atlanta, said Jim Caldwell.
The landing happened about 4:35 p.m.
Caldwell said the left wheel of the Bombardier CRJ-200 never dropped down, but the pilot was able to keep the left wing up long enough so the wing stayed connected to the plane. The wheels under the right wing and nose of the plane functioned properly, he said.
"The pilot did a wonderful job slowing it down," Caldwell said.
Atlantic Southeast Airlines, which operated the flight, said there were 50 passengers and three crew members aboard. Everyone was safely removed, said spokesman Jarek Beem.
The airline has notified the FAA and the NTSB and will work with them on the investigation into the cause of the landing gear issue, Beem said.
Meanwhile, the airport has been closed because the plane has not yet been removed from the runway, Caldwell said. He was unsure when the runway would be cleared, allowing the airport to reopen.
Source: http://www.macon.com
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