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Tx4obama

(36,974 posts) Fri Apr 20, 2012, 06:39 PM Apr 2012

VP Biden's plane hits birds upon landing in California

Source: CNN

Air Force Two, a modified Boeing 757 airplane carrying Vice President Joe Biden, was involved in a “bird strike” while landing in Santa Barbara, CA on Thursday evening, an Air Force spokesman confirmed to CNN.

“The plane landed safely as a precautionary measure and is currently being inspected to assess if there is any damage,” said Lieutenant Gregg Johnson, a public affairs officer for the Air Force’s 89th Airlift Wing – the unit responsible for managing presidential air travel.

Lt. Johnson assured CNN that the strike did not cause an emergency landing and that all passengers, including the vice president, were safe at all times.

“The Vice President left Santa Barbara this afternoon as scheduled, aboard an alternate U.S. Air Force aircraft,” a spokesperson in the Office of the Vice President said, confirming the bird strike.

Read more: http://whitehouse.blogs.cnn.com/2012/04/20/vp-bidens-plane-hits-birds-upon-landing-in-california/

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VP Biden's plane hits birds upon landing in California (Original Post) Tx4obama Apr 2012 OP

Wonder if it was one of those "pigeons" Thom Hartmann refers to occasionally? Dont call me Shirley Apr 2012 #1

The Santa Barbara airport XemaSab Apr 2012 #2

Romney said the birds were not flying at the right height! JoePhilly Apr 2012 #3

LOL nt treestar Apr 2012 #14

2nd bird strike I've heard about this week tawadi Apr 2012 #4

I know! nt gateley Apr 2012 #7

Bird strikes are more common than you would think anti-alec Apr 2012 #9

Coverage of something on the rise doesn't mean the thing itself is. (nt) Posteritatis Apr 2012 #12

Another one. Maybe just a coincidence. Maybe not. tawadi Apr 2012 #15

Coincidence. They've always been a regular occurrence. (nt) Posteritatis Apr 2012 #16

went to the link Maine-ah Apr 2012 #18

Are they more common during migration seasons? surrealAmerican Apr 2012 #17

CNN and Fake News Iliyah Apr 2012 #5

Boy -- what's with the birds and planes this week? So glad the flight gateley Apr 2012 #6

"The plane landed safely as a precautionary measure" FiveGoodMen Apr 2012 #8

SOP for bird strikes anti-alec Apr 2012 #10

I think the author put the word 'AND' in the wrong place Tx4obama Apr 2012 #11

You can't blame the passenger, but I wonder if during the B*** presidency alp227 Apr 2012 #13

Dont call me Shirley

(10,998 posts)

1. Wonder if it was one of those "pigeons" Thom Hartmann refers to occasionally?

Reply to Tx4obama (Original post)

Fri Apr 20, 2012, 06:47 PM

Apr 2012

XemaSab

(60,212 posts)

2. The Santa Barbara airport

Reply to Tx4obama (Original post)

Fri Apr 20, 2012, 06:56 PM

Apr 2012

is right in the middle of a marsh restoration.

This is not good news.

JoePhilly

(27,787 posts)

3. Romney said the birds were not flying at the right height!

Reply to Tx4obama (Original post)

Fri Apr 20, 2012, 06:56 PM

Apr 2012

treestar

(82,383 posts)

14. LOL nt

Reply to JoePhilly (Reply #3)

Sat Apr 21, 2012, 04:46 PM

Apr 2012

tawadi

(2,110 posts)

4. 2nd bird strike I've heard about this week

Reply to Tx4obama (Original post)

Fri Apr 20, 2012, 06:59 PM

Apr 2012

Guess bird strikes are on the rise?

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/investigators&id=8629985

gateley

(62,683 posts)

7. I know! nt

Reply to tawadi (Reply #4)

Fri Apr 20, 2012, 07:02 PM

Apr 2012

anti-alec

(420 posts)

9. Bird strikes are more common than you would think

Reply to tawadi (Reply #4)

Fri Apr 20, 2012, 07:28 PM

Apr 2012

I read AVHerald.com daily and see all the information - and i see maybe one or two bird strikes a day.

Posteritatis

(18,807 posts)

12. Coverage of something on the rise doesn't mean the thing itself is. (nt)

Reply to tawadi (Reply #4)

Fri Apr 20, 2012, 07:47 PM

Apr 2012

tawadi

(2,110 posts)

15. Another one. Maybe just a coincidence. Maybe not.

Reply to Posteritatis (Reply #12)

Thu Apr 26, 2012, 08:49 PM

Apr 2012

http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2012/04/sen_kirsten_gillibrand_wants_t.html

Posteritatis

(18,807 posts)

16. Coincidence. They've always been a regular occurrence. (nt)

Reply to tawadi (Reply #15)

Fri Apr 27, 2012, 05:24 AM

Apr 2012

Maine-ah

(9,902 posts)

18. went to the link

Reply to tawadi (Reply #15)

Fri Apr 27, 2012, 08:18 AM

Apr 2012

I wonder if there is another way to deal with the geese instead of killing them. Up here we have a small local airport that has been having issues with turkeys on the runway. Instead of killing them though they're talking about trapping and relocating the birds and putting up a higher fence. Of course there is a huge difference between a turkey and a goose in terms of how high they fly, but
I hope they can come up with a different solution.

surrealAmerican

(11,364 posts)

17. Are they more common during migration seasons?

Reply to tawadi (Reply #4)

Fri Apr 27, 2012, 08:13 AM

Apr 2012

n/t

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)

5. CNN and Fake News

Reply to Tx4obama (Original post)

Fri Apr 20, 2012, 07:01 PM

Apr 2012

probably are upset the plane didn't crash.

Welcome to Cali, VP Biden!

gateley

(62,683 posts)

6. Boy -- what's with the birds and planes this week? So glad the flight

Reply to Tx4obama (Original post)

Fri Apr 20, 2012, 07:01 PM

Apr 2012

landed without incident.

FiveGoodMen

(20,018 posts)

8. "The plane landed safely as a precautionary measure"

Reply to Tx4obama (Original post)

Fri Apr 20, 2012, 07:20 PM

Apr 2012

"Air Force Two, a modified Boeing 757 airplane carrying Vice President Joe Biden, was involved in a “bird strike” while landing in Santa Barbara"

They were already landing, but once they hit some birds the landing became a "precautionary measure".

Is this some new version of English that I haven't encountered before?

anti-alec

(420 posts)

10. SOP for bird strikes

Reply to FiveGoodMen (Reply #8)

Fri Apr 20, 2012, 07:29 PM

Apr 2012

Probably PAN PAN call, not a mayday.

Tx4obama

(36,974 posts)

11. I think the author put the word 'AND' in the wrong place

Reply to FiveGoodMen (Reply #8)

Fri Apr 20, 2012, 07:30 PM

Apr 2012

In the OP it says:

“The plane landed safely as a precautionary measure and is currently being inspected to assess if there is any damage,”

I think it should read:

“The plane landed safely AND as a precautionary measure ~~and~~ is currently being inspected to assess if there is any damage,”

alp227

(32,059 posts)

13. You can't blame the passenger, but I wonder if during the B*** presidency

Reply to Tx4obama (Original post)

Sat Apr 21, 2012, 01:58 AM

Apr 2012

Air Force Two carrying Darth Cheney hit birds. This thread would probably take longer to load on my computer (and back in the 2000s, my computer couldn't handle as much HTML space).

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