Thread: Ron Paul's Plane Makes Emergency Landing

I'm trying hard NOT to allow my thoughts to go there, even though it's happened to other politicians before. But I'm glad everyone is okay and pray for Ron Paul's continued safety.

Flight carrying members of Congress makes emergency landing

04:53 PM CDT on Tuesday, July 22, 2008
KHOU.com staff report

HOUSTON -- A Continental Airlines flight carrying seven members of Congress from Houston to Washington was forced to make an emergency landing after it lost cabin pressure Tuesday afternoon.

Flight 458 was bound for Reagan National Airport, but was diverted and landed safely in New Orleans, a spokeswoman for U.S. Rep. Ted Poe told 11 News.

Poe and fellow Congressmen Nick Lampson, Ron Paul, John Carter, Ciro Rodriguez, Solomon Ortiz and Henry Cuellar were aboard the flight, said Poe's press secretary DeeAnn Thigpen. There were 118 people aboard the plane, said Continental spokeswoman Julie King.

No one was hurt, the airline confirmed.

Continental Airlines said the problem was caused by a sudden loss in cabin pressure.

http://www.khou.com/topstories/stories/ ... faa58.html

Doesn't the FAA have a rule about how many congressmen can travel on the same aircraft?

So much hot air and BS is bound to change the cabin air pressure!

The airplane couldn't take anymore, bull......