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Houston news: United plane evacuated after landing issue at Bush
“There was a lot of yelling because it was a big bang, and then everyone was sitting sideways,” John Lee of Houston told us.
HOUSTON — Passengers were evacuated from a United Airlines plane that veered off the runway at Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston Friday morning.
United said it happened when the flight from Memphis landed and went from the runway into the grass as it was heading to the gate.
“2477, I see you in the grass, we’re rolling, ah trucks in route,” the tower is heard saying on audio obtained by KHOU 11 News. “We’ve got an aircraft off the runway …”
No injuries were reported but passengers said it was scary.
“There was a lot of yelling because it was a big bang, and then everyone was sitting sideways,” John Lee of Houston said. “People were really starting to raise the anxiety and get scared.”
“Well, there was a huge pop, plane tilted over and everybody kind of gasped. The lady across the way screamed,” Mike Allard from New Caney, Texas told us.
“We landed fine, and then there was a loud boom. So I thought we hit another plane,” Candace Davis said. “And then we just started going into the grass. And the plane just started leaning.”
Darrin Foster said he flew to Houston for his cousin’s wedding and to celebrate his birthday but his trip got off to a bad start.
“When we landed it was kind of rough, like we came in too fast or something,” Foster said. “I was kind of nervous, scared. I didn’t know what was going on and then that’s when they said fuel was leaking.”
Passengers were evacuated from the plane and bussed to the terminal.
According to the airline, there were a total of 160 passengers and a six-person crew.
The FAA was notified and the National Transportation Safety Board said they were sending a team to investigate.
The plane was still in the grass early Friday evening but workers were hanging a tarp across the fence that blocked the view.
Flights in and out of Bush were not impacted, according to United.
Third United incident this week
Friday’s incident is the third we’ve reported this week involving a United flight.
On Thursday, we learned that a tire fell from a United flight that took off in San Francisco. The plane landed safely at LAX.
On Monday, flames could be seen coming from an engine of a flight that took off from Houston and the pilot was forced to return to the airport. United later said the fire was caused by bubble wrap on the airfield being sucked into the engine.
No injuries were reported in either incident, according to United.
United issued the following statement about the three incidents Friday evening.
“We take every safety event seriously and will investigate each of the incidents that occurred this week to understand what happened and learn from them. Much of this work is conducted together with Boeing, the FAA, and the NTSB as well as with the manufacturers of individual components. While this work is ongoing, each of these events is distinct and unrelated to one another. Safety is our top priority, and we’ll continue to do everything we can to keep our customers and employees safe.”
Investigators say 27-year-old Mayan Deng Mayan shot a man following an argument at the unlicensed party at an Uptown business.
MINNEAPOLIS — A man will serve a sentence of more than 34 years in prison after pleading guilty in a fatal shooting at an after-hours party in Minneapolis.
The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office says 27-year-old Mayan Deng Mayan was sentenced to 414 months, or 34 1/2 years in prison for the murder, which took place outside an Uptown Minneapolis business that was holding an after-bar party the morning of Sept. 18, 2022.
Police were dispatched to the Fade Barber Shop on the 1600 block of Harmon Place just before 5:30 a.m. and found 28-year-old Birahim Gildersleve of Rochester suffering from life-threatening gunshot wounds.
Gildersleve was rushed to Hennepin County Medical Center but did not survive.
Investigators learned the shooting followed a verbal argument outside the party and used surveillance video and a license plate reader to identify Mayan as the shooter. He was subsequently charged with second-degree murder.
“Mr. Mayan took the life of Birahim Gildersleve and in doing so, devastated Mr. Gildersleve’s loved ones and damaged a community,” Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said. “There is no sentence that can repair the harm, but today’s sentence delivers accountability for Mr. Mayan and is in the interest of public safety.”
Mayan will be credited for 585 days already served.
BCA Special Agent Joe Swenson told jurors that Maddi Kingsbury’s remains were hidden by brush and logs 6 to 10 feet long and appeared to be there “on purpose.”
MANKATO, Minn. — BCA Special Agent Joe Swenson was the first witness called Monday morning, the 8th day of testimony in the 1st-degree murder trial of Adam Fravel for the death of Maddi Kingsbury, his ex-girlfriend and mother of his two children.
Swenson, based in Rochester, took the stand and testified about arriving at the scene where Maddi’s remains were found inside a culvert on June 7, 2023. He recalled that the remains were so hidden that he couldn’t tell where the Fillmore Co. Deputy was pointing until they started moving logs and brush.
The BCA agent described some of the logs in the ditch as being 6-10 feet long and “the size of older wooden powerlines, 6-inches across.”
“It certainly appeared the logs were placed there on purpose,” Swenson said.
Then prosecutor Phil Prokopowicz questioned Agent Swenson about discoveries made during an April 27, 2023, search of the Rochester home Fravel and Kingsbury shared. Jurors were shown photos inside the garage as Agent Swenson testified about finding a roll a roll of black Gorilla duct tape, which seemed to match the tape wrapped around Maddi’s body.
Swenson told the courtroom he also found Wyze-brand surveillance cameras in the garage, which had been taken down from inside the townhome and were not operational on the day investigators believe Maddi was killed.
Last week, prosecutors charged Mary Kay Bower, 42, of St. Paul, with rustling and livestock theft, which is a felony.
SHAKOPEE, Minn. — In a YouTube video titled “Rustling is still a thing,” Bloomington Police Chief Booker T. Hodges begins by saying “I’m going to talk to you about a crime that city dwellers don’t often have to talk about.”
Hodges is referring to a woman who was recently arrested and charged with stealing a sheep from a farm in Bloomington.
Last week, prosecutors charged Mary Kay Bower, 42, of St. Paul, with rustling and livestock theft, which is a felony.
On Saturday, Oct. 19, around 6:45 p.m., officers were called to Old Shakopee Road East on a report of a man and woman walking a dog and a sheep.
Bower originally told the officers she had purchased the sheep, according to court documents. However, the man with Bower told officers she “had stepped over the fence to a farm, put a leash on the sheep, and then pulled the sheep through the fence. The male said {Bower} pulled so hard that the sheep was choking.”
Officers said they confirmed with the nearby farm’s owner that the sheep was stolen. The farm’s owner said the “sheep is a breeding hair ram worth approximately $500.”
Chief Booker ended his video by saying the ram was in good condition and Bower’s dog and a “bunny rabbit” that she also had in her possession had been returned to her after she was released from the Hennepin County Jail.
