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Tuesday, January 27, 2009

FedEx Plane Veers Off Lubbock Runway, Catches Fire


Associated Press
      LUBBOCK — Officials say a FedEx cargo plane landing at a Lubbock airport veered off the runway, crashed and caught fire, but that both crew members walked away from the plane.
    Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport director James Loomis says the ATR-42 twin-turboprop aircraft landed just after 4:30 a.m. today. He says crews extinguished the fire quickly.
    The plane landed in a freezing mist, but Loomis says weather was not a factor in the incident.
    The crew members were being evaluated at University Medical Center in Lubbock.

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