Florida Governor’s Plane Makes Emergency Landing After THREE Flight Systems Failed

May 8th, 2008

Via: CNN:

A plane carrying Florida Gov. Charlie Crist to Washington made an emergency landing Tuesday after experiencing a series of malfunctions, the governor’s spokesman told CNN.

The plane’s autopilot, yaw damp and pitch trim all malfunctioned in the first 45 minutes of Crist’s flight from Tallahassee, Florida, Erin Isaac, Crist’s director of communication. The yaw damp is part of the autopilot system that helps stabilizes the tail, and the pitch trim the craft’s up and down movement.

With the plane over neighboring Georgia, the pilot decided to return to Tallahassee, she said.

Isaac said the plane could have continued on its journey with the malfunctioning yaw damp and autopilot, but the pitch trim problem and possibility of other issues surfacing created enough concern for the pilot to bring the plane around.

Crist will try again Wednesday to make the trip to Washington, where he is to participate in a round-table discussion on the Colombia Free Trade Agreement, she said.

2 Responses to “Florida Governor’s Plane Makes Emergency Landing After THREE Flight Systems Failed”

  1. tm says:

    Perhaps a warning to the governor from the PTB…don’t investigate the Palfrey “suicide” or else you might fall victim to a fatal “accident”? Or maybe a little reminder from America’s drug lords (whom Daniel Hopsicker has made a pretty convincing case are based in Florida and enjoy official state protection) of who his masters are.

  2. Eileen says:

    This is second time I’ve heard of a plane with a Reptilian as the potential or actual passenger of a aircraft targeted for death.
    Hah. Someone methinks tried to wipe out big George several years ago:
    http://www.political-news.org/breaking/33345/crew-faulted-in-crash-of-plane-due-to-fly-bush-sr.html
    Searching re John Heinz (Teresa Heinz Kerry’s former husband) I came across this link:
    http://politicalgraveyard.com/death/aircraft.html
    However, this link doesn’t cover near misses.
    What is it with the trying to kill off Republican’s – GHWB and Charlie Crist – common denominator – South America?
    Hmmmmm. Threat to the drug “trade?”
    My sister’s live in Florida, aren’t pugs, love Charlie Crist. Best thing since sliced bread since Jeb is out of Dodge.
    Flying private craft anymore might be sexy and convenient for a governor, political candidate, whatever.
    But I think to preserve life, people such as Crist and Obama ought to uh, maybe take the train? the bus? Use common carrier airlines? Or participate in meetings by teleconference? All of the above to avoid being a target of nefarious, tawdry low life murderers who have been working WAAY overtime to put in the FIX for their agendas.

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