Thursday, November 1, 2012

Airport Firemen at Work

One of the Big Boys rolling on an in flight emergency on final.

You can see the two big boys (21 and 22) and a regular ladder truck and supervisor car on the roll to the runway 13 where the emergency plane will be handled.
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We all dread looking out the window of a jet and seeing flashing lights on firetrucks lined up on a taxiways or runway, but those pieces of equipment and men that man that equipment are there to help whatever the emergency might be--even if it doesn't involve an aircraft. Today, it was for an aircraft that had an emergency on a 10-mile final at Dallas Ft. Worth International Airport.

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