Plane Dumps Fuel Over Metro Area

David Krough, Staff Writer February 3, 2000, 12:43 a.m. EST PORTLAND, Ore. -- A Tokyo-bound airliner made an unscheduled, emergency landing in Portland after reporting hydraulic problems.

A Delta MD-11 makes an emergency landing at PDX.

KOIN 6 News reports that the jet, a Boeing MD-11, dumped 30,000 gallons of fuel over Sherwood en route to Portland International Airport. Delta Flight 79 from Los Angeles to Tokyo has 128 passengers on board. It left L.A. at 11:05 a.m. and was scheduled to land at Narita Airport Thurdsay morning.

The MD-11 is a fairly new jet, according to the Boeing Web site. It was initially launched in 1986, and started production in 1988. The plane comes in a passenger model, a freighter model and a "combi" model, which carries a combination of passengers and freight.

The jet landed safely at about 2 p.m. Emergency crews are assessing the plane at PDX.

Passengers have been put up in a hotel and will leave for Japan on another plane on Thursday, The Associated Press says.

http://www.wcco.com/sh/news/stories/nat-news-20000202-225124.html

-- Martin Thompson (mthom1927@aol.com), February 03, 2000

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