Originally Posted by
pitz
Wow, Fox news, thinking there's a problem with a plane landing flaps down. Terrible journalism.
Anyone have the real details? Flaps up landing, eh?
http://avherald.com/h?article=43972423&opt=0
Incident: Air Canada E190 at San Francisco on Mar 15th 2011, flaps problem
By Simon Hradecky, created Wednesday, Mar 16th 2011 22:21Z, last updated Wednesday, Mar 16th 2011 22:21Z
An Air Canada Embraer ERJ-190, registration C-FHJU performing flight AC-564 from Vancouver,BC (Canada) to San Francisco,CA (USA), was on approach to San Francisco's runway 28R when the crew reported a flaps problem, their minimum speed would be 180 knots. The crew continued onto final approach right away and performed a safe landing on runway 28 at a higher than normal speed. The airplane stopped on the runway to have emergency services check the brakes and continued to taxi to the gate about 2 minutes later.
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/A...110Z/CYVR/KSFO