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Plane Malfunctions Prompt Crist's Pilots To Turn Back
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Published: May 7, 2008
WASHINGTON - Malfunctions on a state plane carrying Gov. Charlie Crist, three staffers and a Florida Department of Law Enforcement officer to Washington, D.C., on Tuesday afternoon prompted the two pilots to turn the craft around and return to Tallahassee.
"Everything is fine. The pilots informed us during a middle of a briefing, and the governor kept us all working to keep our minds occupied," said Crist's spokeswoman, Erin Isaac.
About 45 minutes into the flight somewhere over Georgia, she said, pilots David Young and Jan Neilson detected three separate malfunctions, with mechanisms that control the tail and the steering, as well as the autopilot. The plane then returned to Tallahassee safely.
The governor was to appear Wednesday at a roundtable on trade.
Billy House
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