What: Continental flight 179, a 737-300 en route from Houston
Where: San Antonio International Airport
When: Thursday
Who: 90 passengers
Why: The flight landed at 12:10 p.m., about 40 minutes after its scheduled arrival after its landing gear failed; the crew spent that time trying to get the landing gear operable, and managed a safe landing
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