Cessna Citation X, XOJET: Sioux Gateway Airport (KSUX), Sioux City, Iowa

SIOUX CITY | A private airplane made a safe emergency landing at Sioux Gateway Airport about 2 p.m. Sunday, airport Operations Supervisor John Backer said.

The Cessna Citation X, which was traveling from Oakland, Calif., to White Plains, N.Y., had to make the emergency stop because the hydraulic system that controls its brakes and landing gear was experiencing low pressure, Backer said.

The small jet is owned by XOJet, a private aviation company based in Brisbane, Calif.

"He had minimal brakes," Backer said. "He could not deploy the thrust reverser, so he had to use his foot brakes."

The two crew members and one passenger were not injured, and the plane was not damaged during the landing, Backer said. However, one pilot got hydraulic fluid blown into his face while  inspecting the plane after the landing and was sent to Mercy Medical Center as a precautionary measure, Backer said.

The Sergeant Bluff Fire Department was on standby as the plane approached the airport.

After the plane landed, airport personnel were working to get it off the runway, but it will remain at the airport until at least tomorrow so mechanics can fix the hydraulic issue, Backer said.

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