Oct 22, 2009

Emergency landings: how we should behave


Even considering the fact that you may have never faced a situation where an emergency landing was the only solution, the truth is that you can't denny that it is a reallity that can easily menace us if we don't know how to behave in those situations. Keeping this in mind, I would like to advise you to take some time to read the msnbc.com article just below so that you can start preparing yourself for those situations:

" DENVER - Aviation officials say a United Airlines flight declared an emergency shortly before landing in Denver with total hydraulic failure.

Flight 418 from San Diego had to be towed to a gate to allow passengers to deplane.

Denver International Airport spokesman Chuck Cannon says the plane landed normally and that no injuries were reported. He says firefighters were waiting along the runway, which is standard procedure when an "Amber Alert" is declared after a pilot reports that there may be a problem with the landing.

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