Meat In Plane Scare At Manchester Airport

[Jayd]

In todays Manchester Evening news, report of a plane which skidded off the runway whilst landing, with meat on board, The plane was incoming from hamburg, after completing his German leg of his current tour. This happened around 3.20 pm yesterday. No reports of injuries. Will give more news, when get it.

[Winston]

http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/men/news/s/164/164291_meat_loaf_in_jet_drama_at_airport_.html

[Jayd]

Here is the story from manchester Evening News.

Rock star Meat Loaf is believed to have been on board a plane which skidded off a runway at Manchester Airport.

The privately-chartered Eastern Airways jet from Hamburg was landing on Runway Two when the incident happened yesterday.

Airport officials said that there were 10 passengers on board. No one was injured. An investigation has been started.

Meat loaf had completed the German leg of a European tour on tuesday evening with a concet in Hamburg and he is understood to have been on the flight to Manchester.

The passengers were taken off via the aircraft steps and then bussed to the terminal before continuing on their journeys. The 53-year-old singer from Dallas, whose real name is Marvin Lee Aday. is due to perform at the Fitzgerald Stadium at Killarney in Ireland on saturday night.

An airline spokesman said the plane's emergency chutes were not activated. Both runways were shut for 10 minutes after the incident which happened around 3.20pm and two planes due to land had to be diverted to Birmingham and Liverpool.

That was the story in manchester evening news 30/06/05.

[Jayd]

Thanks for link winston, I couldn't find one. :D

[Diane]

Thank God no-one was hurt. Hope those on board weren't too shaken up. There's no confirmation yet that Meat and the band were on board but they have been toing and froing in a Jetstream 41 since they arrived in Europe

I suppose it makes a more sensational headline but a Jetstream 41 isn't actually a jet, it's a rather smart twin turbine prop aircraft that uses A1 jet fuel. Info courtesy of my husband!

Diane

[Gez]

:shock: :pray:

[SueW]

There's no confirmation yet that Meat and the band were on board
Diane

Yes there is. From http://www.mlukfc.com/forums/showthread.php?p=158208#post158208 at 11.33am this morning

I see that Meat Loaf has made the news at http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/men/news/s/164/164291_meat_loaf_in_jet_drama_at_airport_.html

Meat Loaf in jet drama at airport

They say at the bottom of the article:
A spokeswoman for the Solo Music Agency, Meat Loaf's representatives in Britain, refused to confirm or deny that the star had been on the flight.

but if you read Kasim's Tour Diary at http://kasimsulton.blogspot.com/ you'll know that they were!

SueW
http://www.KasimInfo.com/2005ML.html

[Diane]

Thanks for the confirmation Sue.

Diane

[AndyK]

Thank God they're all ok!

I regularly walk Scrabble along the gorge and the river that Kasim talks about - so I know how close a call it was for them!

[icecube]

:shock: :shock:

Suddenly the song "Heaven can wait"has an entire new meaning.....Thank God everyone is ok!

Greetz Icecube

[Ageing Bat]

Thank God everyone was OK

....... hope they packed clean underpants! :twisted:

[Mike Piercy]

Amen to that.

Mike

[needmoremeat]

Good grief!!!!! :shock: :pray: Thank God they're all alright!!! :shock:

[Caelan]

:shock:
thats a scary moment..
thank god everybody is oke

[DIZZY DRUMMER]

Thank Goodness they are all here to tell the tale.

Would have been a very very dark day

[Fallen Angel]

:pray: Thank god everyone was ok :pray: Yes i agree H.C.W now has an entire new meaning
hugs
leeann

[Asha]

uff, that was a bit of a scare, reading the headline to this thread.

I'm glad everyone walked away from this one.

Asha

[Vickip]

Right you are Sue .... I read the story on Kasim's blog last night.
Thankfully everyone is ok !
Vicki

[shadow1000001]

I'm glad to hear that everyone was alright. That must of been pretty scary at the time :shock:


Maria

[SuperLoafMan]

F****N HELL!!

Glad to hear that no one was injured from the incident and that Meat and the band are ok!! ;)

[Tim]

:shock: :shock:

Suddenly the song "Heaven can wait"has an entire new meaning.....Thank God everyone is ok!

Greetz Icecube

What about: Good boys go to heaven, bad boys go everywhere :-P

But luckely no-one was hurt. That is good to know.

[SW31]

Godspeed

[icecube]

maybe instead of Black Betty they will put John Denver's "leaving on a jetplane"in the setlist now......again happy that everone is safe!


Greetz Icecube :twisted:

[Cpl Mickey]

That was really lucky. God was watching over Meat and everyone. I am sooo pleased no one was hurt.