Plane's landing gear malfunctions at SLO airport
Firefighters helped remove an aircraft from the San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport on Wednesday afternoon after the plane’s landing gear at the nose of the craft collapsed after landing, according to Cal Fire.
No
one was injured in the incident, which happened just after 3 p.m. The
main runway was closed for about an hour, airport General Manager Kevin
Bumen said Wednesday afternoon.
The twin-engine aircraft “touched
down on the runway, was in rollout and the gear collapsed,” Bumen said.
“It went off the edge of the runway but stayed close by.”
Airport officials notified the National Transportation Safety Board
and issued a notice of the runway closure for other aircraft. The plane
was removed just after 4 p.m., and the runway was reopened.
It was unknown how many people were on board.
Bumen
said the runway closure may have delayed at least one commercial flight
but he hadn’t had yet a chance to check with the airlines.
Story and photo: http://www.sanluisobispo.com
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