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Student Group aboard D.C. United Plane During Flat Tire Landing

What: United Airlines Boeing 737-700 en route from Houston,TX to Washington DC
Where: Washington
When: Apr 9th 2012 11:15 am
Who: 122 passengers and 5 crew
Why: On landing in Washington, the plane suffered two blown rear tires.

The plane was towed to the terminal.

No injuries were reported.

Fourteen students and chaperones from Mt. Carmel Louisiana were aboard, and were interviewed by a TV station after the rough landing in Washington DC. They said the landing was rough, and praised the pilot for being so calm.

Another group of fourteen joining them flew in on a different plane from Atlanta. They will all be returning to Lafayette on Friday, and they say none of them have developed a fear of flying.

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