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Article: BUSINESS Briefs
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- July 21, 2008
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Airliner emergency interrupts air show
DAYTON, Ohio - An airport official says a Northwest Airlines
airplane has made an emergency landing at Dayton International
Airport, temporarily halting the Ohio city's air show.
City aviation director Iftikhar (IF-ti-kar) Ahmad says the twin-
engine Boeing 757 was en route from Tampa, Fla., to Detroit Sunday
when one of its engines failed. Ahmad says the crew made an
emergency landing at Dayton as a precaution.
Nobody was injured.
Northwest Airlines spokeswoman Leslie Parker said she could not
immediately comment on the emergency landing.
The Dayton Air Show was temporarily halted while the plane landed
but resumed less than an hour later.
Officials ...