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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Where: emergency landing in Tallahassee Florida
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Who: 147 people
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