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Atlantic Southwest Wing Collapse After Failed Left Landing Gear

Atlantic Southwest Wing Collapse After Failed Left Landing Gear


What: Atlantic/Southwest Airlines Bombardier CRJ-200 en route from Atlanta to Baton Rouge
Where: Baton Rouge Metro Airport
When: September 1 2011, 4:35 pm
Who: 50 passengers, 3 crew
Why: Outside of Baton Rouge, the crew notified ATC of problems with the left wheel assembly, and circled over Baton Rouge. Fifteen minutes from the airport, the crew announced the emergency to passengers.

Passengers were warned to exit immediately on landing.

The pilot made an emergency landing in Baton Rouge with emergency services from metro Baton Rouge and Airport on standby.

On touchdown, the left wing collapsed. Passengers exited promptly as the plane filled up with smoke. Airport spokesman Jim Caldwell said that there were no injuries.

This was not the first problem the passengers encountered. They had boarded this plane in Atlanta after leaving another plane that encountered mechanical problems.

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