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3:50
PLANE
SOF COMING
(FOUL HORSEMENDMUSIC
Therets a flurry of activity at Ft Worth's Carswell
Air Force Base, as a troubled airliner prepares to
make an emergency landing. The aircraft is Continen-
tal Airlines flight 2.-80, from Midland to Dallas.
Seconds after
the Viscount two hits the runway, it's
nose wheel snaps into the down position, and the land-
ing is completed without incident. The landing gear
developed,
trouble as the pilot prepared to land at
Love Field. When the nose wheel failed to 1 , the
A
pilot was advised to land at Carswell, because of theo r%
I oDRIVING SHOT
(CONTENTMENT USIC)
runways, and emergency equiptment.
A layer of chemical foam was spread over the runway,
in case the plane's nose skinned the ground, and
touched off sparks. After circling for more than an
serafcly'
hour, to burn up fuel, the plane down, and the
33 passengers and five crew members sighs of
relief.The plane was captained by Fred White, of Dallas.
PILOT AT PLANE DOOR
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Plane], script, December 13, 1963; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc954277/m1/1/?q=%221963-12-13%22&rotate=90: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.