[MilCom] KBKF: 30 JUN 2005

[Glenn Valenta]

On Thu, 2005-06-30 at 21:35, Sandy4218 at aol.com wrote:
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> 291.675: ROMAN-11, reporting hydraulic pressure falling. Has to get stopped 
> with parking brake. Initially decides to shut down and get towed in. Then 
> hydraulic pressure goes back to normal and he decides to go ahead and taxi in. Big 
> mistake. Hydraulic pressure dropped to about 6 fathoms lower than whale poop 
> on the downslope of the taxiway Nosewheel steering also went south . With no 
> normal way to stop or steer, he tried frantically to signal the TA people to 
> throw some chocks under the wheels. Finally got stopped against the side of the 
> hanger. (Crunch) Weather shop should be able to take some real good 
> observations now, with the the new viewing port in their wall; although they failed to 
> see the humor in the situation. 
> 

Local news of the event with pics and video
http://tinyurl.com/byseu

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