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Mon Jun 30, 2014, 02:54 PM Jun 2014

Who pulled the cord? - Emergency slide inflates mid flight

Emergency Evacuation Slide Deploys Midair On United Flight

June 30 (Reuters) - A United Airlines flight bound for southern California with 101 people on board was diverted to Wichita, Kansas on Sunday night after an emergency evacuation chute inflated inside the aircraft in mid-flight, the airline said.

United flight 1463, which was carrying 96 passengers with five crew members on board, was bound for Orange County's John Wayne Airport, south of Los Angeles, when the emergency chute accidentally deployed, the airline said.

"The flight diverted to Wichita ... No one was injured and the flight landed safely," United said in a statement. The Boeing 737-700 took off from Chicago's O'Hare International Airport.



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/30/emergency-evacuation-slide-deploys_n_5542665.html

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Who pulled the cord? - Emergency slide inflates mid flight (Original Post) liberal N proud Jun 2014 OP
Come along and ride on a fantasic voyage slide slide slippity-slide aikoaiko Jun 2014 #1
Probably this guy: Nye Bevan Jun 2014 #2
Snort......... Historic NY Jun 2014 #3
LOL liberal N proud Jun 2014 #4
Otto did always want to join the Mile Slide Club pinboy3niner Jul 2014 #5
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