VP Candidate Mike Pence's Campaign Plane Slides off Runway at LaGuardia: NBC News

[Cooley Hurd]

Source: NBCNews

Vice presidential candidate Mike Pence's campaign plane slid off the runway after landing at LaGuardia Airport Thursday evening, NBC News reports.

The governor was checked to make sure he was OK, according to an NBC campaign embed. Emergency crews were on site but all passengers on the plane were said to be OK, including Pence.

The plane, which was coming from Fort Dodge, Iowa -- about a three-hour flight from New York -- made a rough impact when it landed. The pilot slammed on the brakes and travelers could smell burning rubber.

Pence says mud splashed on the front windows of the cockpit.

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Read more: http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Mike-Pence-Campaign-Plane-Slides-off-Runway-LaGuardia-398964271.html

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Live video from the scene shows a steady rain. Saw Pence walking outside the aircraft via live MSNBC shot.

[meadowlark5]

1. Maybe it's an omen and Mikey should run for the hills

[HipChick]

5. It's not the first time?

they have had rough landings? WTH?

[meadowlark5]

15. Trump campaign probably trying to save money

Maybe the pilot only learned by playing flight simulator.

[RKP5637]

27. Probably cost him too much to keep the tires inflated or skipped maintenance. lol n/t

[The Wielding Truth]

39. Mike Pence's former pilot fired for having charges filed against him for violent acts.

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Vincent Caldera, the pilot who flies Donald Trump running mate Mike Pence around from one campaign stop to the next, is currently being sought by the authorities so they can deliver the paperwork in filing charges against him. He’s accused of purposely running over his coworker with a car and then backing up and running him over twice more, and in a separate instance he’s accused of purposely running into a woman with his motorcycle.

In a third incident reported earlier by Daily News Bin, the Donald Trump campaign has fired North Carolina Campaign Director Earl Phillip after he allegedly pulled a gun on one of his fellow staffers. But the firing didn't take place until months after the colleague had filed a complaint, and only after he finally filed a lawsuit over the matter. In yet another incident, a former Trump campaign director in Mississippi was arrested after threateningly swinging an axe in public.

Maybe they hired someone in a hurry who wasn't that experienced ?

[Javaman]

2. visual metaphor? LOL nt

[Major Nikon]

17. ...

[riversedge]

3. I am glad no one was hurt.

[forest444]

4. Ah, the gods of metaphor are smiling down on us tonight.

I'll never forget the day after the 1992 Democratic Convention. Bill Clinton and Al Gore were photographed helping push the Democratic bus out of a mud patch (and successfully); while Poppy Bush slipped and fell while walking down from a stage.

That's when I knew Clinton would win.

[LynneSin]

6. I hope everyone on the plane is safe and ok

weather has been bad up here in the Northeast

[Cooley Hurd]

12. Looks like no injuries...

Seeing Pence live on MSNBC walking around outside the aircraft.

[adigal]

10. NBC Reporter is saying that his plane has had several rough landings

Sounds like a crappy plane. Figures Donald would give his VP a shitty plane.

[Major Nikon]

13. Rough landings aren't caused by the plane

IIRC, I think his campaign plane is some variant of a 737, almost certainly leased or owned by Trump and leased to his campaign.

[Cooley Hurd]

14. It's a 737 - same as Secretary Clinton's

Might be a flight crew that's not as experienced...

[adigal]

18. I bet that Hillary's has a better pilot and maintenance nt

[csziggy]

31. Or a crew that is not gettng enough down time between campaign stops? nt

[jberryhill]

16. Whoa. Shit. That's scary stuff

Is it me, or does this seem to happen at La Guardia with disturbing frequency.

Glad everyone's okay according to reports so far.

[Cooley Hurd]

25. I've never flown personally into KLGA...

...but, from what I understand, steep approaches are required due to noise-abatement rules.

[Renew Deal]

29. I don't think it's much more than other airports in bad weather but

I think the runways may be a little shorter

[DLnyc]

34. weird approach, over water

Not the toughest airport, by a long shot. But super busy, so that could be a factor.Smallish, outdated airport, I think runways have been extended into the water, can flood sometimes because it is barely above sea level. And, as I said, super congested. Twenty minutes from Manhattan, as opposed to close to an hour for JFK and Newark.

[47of74]

36. Yeah I've been in and out of LGA a couple times.

Can't say much about the facilities but it is close to Manhattan, instead of JFK where it just about takes forever to get there.

[DLnyc]

40. Yes, the facilities are pathetic.

They say they are modernizing, but I am not holding my breath!

[47of74]

41. Yeah I've noticed

And no, I'm not holding my breath that they're going to modernize it, even after Joe Biden compared it to a third world country's airport.

[duffyduff]

19. Reminded of the plane Jesse Jackson had for his 1984 campaign

On one of the trips, he was badly rattled by the experience.

Less than a year later, the plane crashed in Reno, Nevada, killing all but one person onboard.

[nolabear]

20. He cancelled his fundraiser at Trump Tower tonight. Glad he's fine so I can chuckle.

That's some scary stuff.

[iamthebandfanman]

21. clearly a left wing plot. :) n/t

[wysi]

23. Late October Surprise

We can call it "Sympathy-Gate"

[Cattledog]

26. Trump plans to sue the pilot.

[Renew Deal]

28. Its raining hard in NY

I'm glad nothing crazy happened.

[Earth_First]

30. Much like the campaign, in order to exit the aircraft; he had to wing it. nt

[Chicago1980]

32. It's rigged...

The runway was rigged.

[Historic NY]

33. One of Donalds old castoffs?

[montana_hazeleyes]

37. i'm glad everyone is okay.

We at DU have compassion. We may not like someone but we don't want to see them harmed.

[truthisfreedom]

38. The LAST team of bozos we want to see harmed are this one.

Everything is going along swimmingly.

[Sunlei]

42. I'm glad no one was hurt. really cool how the tarmac edges are made to crumble to slow planes.