Jan 1, 2000 - 12:40 AM

UPS Plane Makes Emergency Landing The Associated Press

ALLIANCE, Neb. (AP) - A DC-8 United Parcel Service jet was forced to make an emergency landing Friday in western Nebraska after an instrument screen blanked out and smoke entered the cockpit. Moments before the crew detected the smoke, they had joked about the possible perils of the Y2K computer bug.

"I hope we all don't disappear when it rolls over here," Capt. Joe Stidham said he told an air traffic controller before the plane's troubles.

Then smoke appeared, and the plane made an emergency landing at the Alliance Municipal Airport. The three crew members on board were not injured.

The problems were not believed to be Y2K-related, but the crew was unsure of the cause, Stidham said. After the smoke entered the cockpit, the crew put on oxygen masks and radioed the nearest airport.

The plane had left Louisville, Ky., and was due to arrive in Portland, Ore.

-- Andy (2000EOD@prodigy.net), January 01, 2000

Answers

Do you have a URL for this AP story?

-- Wave (eades1@flashcom.net), January 01, 2000.

Nope my URL finder is also down.

-- Andy (2000EOD@prodigy.net), January 01, 2000.

Nice and misleading headline, Andy.

When are the cut n paste gold articles starting again?

-- Johnny Canuck (j_canuck@hotmail.com), January 01, 2000.

Here's the Link

kc

-- kc (kc@yahoo.com), January 01, 2000.

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20000101/us/ brf_emergency_landing_1.html

LINK

-- Jim Bob (vibratomachina@aol.com), January 01, 2000.

What's up Johnny, hangover already?

-- Andy (2000EOD@prodigy.net), January 01, 2000.

He's got a point. "Down" to me means crashed, not emergency landed. This isn't the time for hyperbole. Hopefully, the NWOrderists and Rapturists have gone and the pollys will get bored soon, and we get back to being rational again.

-- Servant (public_service@yahoo.com), January 01, 2000.

>>What's up Johnny, hangover already? <<

Not me, Andy my son. I didn't overindulge at the Yourdon Arms......

-- Johnny Canuck (j_canuck@hotmail.com), January 01, 2000.