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United Flight 4128 Makes Emergency Landing In Corpus Christi Texas
United Airlines flight number 4128 made an emergency landing in Corpus Christi (CRP) with broken landing gear and a flat tire. The flight originated from Harlingen, TX (www.thefloridanewsjournal.com) Altro...
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The article is unclear. Was it a collapsed gear or flat tire? If the fire crews were not needed, it seems like it may have been just a flat tire. However they mention collapsed gear twice.
I agree. Unclear exactly what happened to the front landing gear.
Story has been updated. Flat tire only.
Flight track -- http://flightaware.com/live/flight/UAL4128/history/20120402/1305Z/KHRL/KCRP
Interesting that they diverted to Corpus . . . they weren't that much farther from IAH.
Houston was experiencing rain throughout the day, so it might have been safer to divert elsewhere with better weather if they had any concerns about gear or braking ability.
From the logistics point-of-view, if they caused a runway at Houston to get shutdown for an extended period of time then that could be pretty costly in terms of other delayed flights, though we'd all like to think such things don't come into play.
From the logistics point-of-view, if they caused a runway at Houston to get shutdown for an extended period of time then that could be pretty costly in terms of other delayed flights, though we'd all like to think such things don't come into play.
