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Continental Emergency Landing at Augusto C. Sandino International Airport

What: Continental Airlines
Where: Nicaragua Airport
When: Friday
Who: 150 passengers
Why: After citing “mechanic failures in the undercarriage” the plane circled to burn off fuel and made an emergency landing.

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