Are planes becoming safer, or are we just on an incredibly lucky streak? First, it was the emergency landing in the Hudson River, then today, a FedEx plane has crashed in Texas – and everyone seems to be OK.
As usual, first reports came in via Twitter.
Is it just me, or are we actually turning into The Borg, with a collective mind working together?
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Officials say a FedEx cargo plane landing at a Lubbock, Texas, airport veered off the runway, crashed and caught fire, but that both crew members walked away from the plane.
Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport director James Loomis says the ATR-42 twin-turboprop aircraft landed just after 4:30 a.m. Tuesday. He says crews extinguished the fire quickly.
The plane landed in a freezing mist, but Loomis says weather was not a factor in the incident.
The crew members were being evaluated at University Medical Center in Lubbock.
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