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BREAKING NEWS: Southwest Makes Another Emergency Landing in Orlando
Posted Monday, July 13, 2009 ; 07:46 PM | View Comments | Post Comment
Updated Tuesday, July 14, 2009 ; 03:00 PM


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Meanwhile, 911 Tapes have been released in Southwest emergency landing at Yeager Airport in Charleston Monday.

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CHARLESTON -- Click here to hear the call from the plane's pilot requesting to land at Yeager

UPDATE @ 2:30 P.M. TUESDAY

CBS Affiliate WKMG is confirming that a Southwest Airline passenger jet made an emergency landing at Orlando International Airport Tuesday afternoon.

The cockpit reported an indication of a fire in the plane's auxillary power unit. Flight 3238 coming from St. Louis was about 10-minutes out when the potential trouble was observed. The 737 made a safe landing and was met by emergency vehicles on the runway.

No evidence of actual trouble has been found so far. The 129 passengers were loaded onto buses and taken to the OIA terminal. After an initial examination the aircraft was towed to the gate.

There were no injuries and no impact on operations at the airport.

This is the second emergency landing in the past 24 hours for Southwest Airlines. The first was Southwest flight 2294 that made an emergency landing in Charleston, Monday evening.

ORIGINAL STORY

A Southwest plane is diverted to Yeager Airport after a hole was found in the aircraft Monday afternoon.

Mike Plants from Yeager Airport held a meeting with the media at about 8 p. m.

Southwest flight 2294, a Boeing 737, was traveling from Nashville, Tennessee to Washington, D.C.

The aircraft made an emergency landing at Yeager at about 6:15 p. m. after crew member determined a loss of cabin pressure.

After the plane landed the flight crew and emergency responders noticed a hole at the top rear of the plane.

A crew of five and 128 passengers were on board.

Emergency responders were on the scene but no one on the flight needed emergency assistance.

The NTSB is investigating the cause of the incident.

Southwest Airlines says it will now inspect its entire fleet of 181 Boeing 737s as a precaution.

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