Smoke fills Bush adviser's airplane

[professorpan]

<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/11/26/card.plane.ap/index.html">www.cnn.com/2005/US/11/26...index.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>Smoke fills Bush adviser's airplane<br><br>Spokesman: Card had been meeting with Bush in Crawford<br><br>NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) -- A small, twin-engine plane carrying White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card made an emergency landing in Nashville on Saturday after smoke began pouring into the cockpit, officials said.<br><br>Card and 12 others on board were not injured when the Gulfstream 4 plane bound for Washington landed at the Nashville International Airport around 4 p.m., said Lynne Lowrance, an airport spokeswoman.<br><br>"They thought they could be having some trouble with the avionics instruments, but they weren't sure what was causing the smoke," Lowrance said.<br><br>The plane left Texas where Card has been meeting with President Bush at his ranch in Crawford, White House spokesman Ken Lisaius said.<br><br>"They made the decision to be safe rather than sorry," Lisaius said. "I was told it was a fairly routine matter."<br><br>Lowrance said the 12 other passengers included secret service members.<br><br>Bush plans to stay in Texas through Monday, when he departs for a two-day trip focusing on border security that includes stops in Arizona and El Paso, Texas. <p></p><i></i>

[banned]

Makes one wonder what Andy Card knows that makes it inconvenient for there to be an Andy Card, eh? <p></p><i></i>

[dbeach]

<br><br><br><br><br><br><br>MAYBE a warning shot from the controllers..<br><br>dates are close also<br><br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://talkleft.com/new_archives/008844.html">talkleft.com/new_archives/008844.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>"Monday :: November 22, 2004<br>Plane Intended to Pick Up Former Pres. Bush Crashes <br>This is way too close for comfort.....not to mention three people lost their lives in a air tragedy today near Houston.<br><br>A private jet that was en route to Houston to pick up former President Bush clipped a light pole and crashed Monday as it approached Hobby Airport in thick fog, killing all three people aboard. The Gulfstream G-1159A jet, coming into Houston, went down about 6:15 a.m. in an undeveloped area 1 1/2 miles south of the airport, officials said. The former president had been scheduled to travel to Ecuador for a conference.<br><br>"I was deeply saddened to learn of the plane crash this morning," Bush said through spokesman Tom Frechette. "I'd flown with this group before and know them well. I join in sending heartfelt condolences to each and every member of their families.""<br><br> <p></p><i></i>

[Jen]

That's just..."a routine problem." Yeah, right. <p></p><i></i>

[anotherdrew]

smoke filling the cockpit and they 'just decided to be safe' and land? Like as IF there were some chance that they would just decide to fly on with a cockpit full of smoke. US news writers seem to have a major problem writing things that make sense. Are they intentionally writting things to CAUSE stupidity? <p></p><i></i>

[marykmusic]

Signals. <br><br>Somebody sent a smoke signal to Card, and I'll bet he got the hint.<br><br>Somebody was also sending a signal to the President. But he's not really very perceptive, is he? --MaryK <p></p><i></i>

[proldic]

just like the supposed sabatoge of Bush sr.'s airplane a while back, imo this is another stageshow act designes to legitimate/"credibilize" the factionalism "meme" at a time when that's the <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>biggest of the Big Lies</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->. <p></p><i></i>

[banned]

Macon Paper Breaks News on Congressmen Hurt in Iraq<br><br>By E&P Staff<br><br>Published: November 27, 2005 11:55 AM ET<br><br>NEW YORK The Macon (Ga.) Telegraph was apparently the first newspaper to carry news today that a military vehicle carrying U.S. politicians overturned on the way to the Baghdad airport on Saturday and injured two members of Congress.<br><br>The source was a Georgia congressman unhurt in the accident, Rep. Jim Marshall.<br><br>Rep. Tim Murphy (R-Pa.) was airlifted to a military hospital in Germany for an MRI on his neck, said Marshall, who was also in the vehicle. Rep. Ike Skelton (D-Mo.) was sent to a Baghdad hospital, Marshall told the Macon Telegraph.<br><br>Marshall, a Georgia Democrat, said he was not hurt.<br><br>The congressional delegation was riding in a box-like vehicle that troops call the "ice cream truck" -- it streaks through the middle of the road to deter oncoming motorists, Marshall told the paper. But shortly after dark, an oncoming truck refused to yield.<br><br>"Then, all of a sudden, brakes get slammed on. Then we hit something and go off the side of the road and tip over," Marshall said.<br><br>Marshall said as the vehicle toppled over, he held onto Skelton, who has limited use of his arms due to a bout with childhood polio. "Everybody sort of fell over to the side. There's no cushion to it. It's all solid metal with bolts sticking out," Marshall told the newspaper. "I feel like a fool. I didn't put my seat belt on."<br><br>The accident reminded Marshall of his first trip to Iraq with Skelton, when Marshall voiced concerns on the dangers of the high-speed driving strategy aimed at getting dignitaries safely through treacherous territory.<br><br>"It's so odd to me that I said, 'Shoot, this is more dangerous than the terrorists,' and dang if we don't flip over," Marshall said.<br><br>The delegation had traveled to Afghanistan for Thanksgiving with the troops and then on to Baghdad to meet with troops.<br>E&P Staff (letters@editorandpublisher.com)<br><br><br> <p></p><i></i>

[smiths]

hypothetically speaking, i think its more likely that bush is diverting attention from himself by letting or creating a plane crash so close to himself,<br>like the poisoners who mildly poison themselves to avoid suspicion,<br>now he can say, "wow travelling in small planes is so dangerous, i nearly got killed myself recently"<br> <p></p><i></i>

[banned]

If someone on his level ever decided to talk, BushCo would be chum. <p></p><i></i>