Things in the Sky

Court from Airplane Geeks sent this story to me this morning:

ZHENGZHOU, China, Sept. 27 (UPI) — Passengers in Zhengzhou, China, say they had to push a 20-ton airplane to the terminal after it flew 500 miles and broke down after landing.

Passengers were summoned to help after an airport tow truck broke down and airport staff couldn’t budge Shandong Airline’s CRJ7 passenger plane, which flew from Guilin in the south of China with 69 passengers and seven crew members aboard, The Daily Telegraph reported Saturday.

Read the rest here.

All I can say is wow, and I have no idea why that was required or allowed.

Hopefully this will not be the next fuel saving idea by the American carriers.