Ann Romney plane fills with smoke, forced to make emergency landing

LAS VEGAS, Nev. -- A plane carrying Ann Romney, wife of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, was forced to make an emergency landing in Denver Friday after smoke began to fill the plane midflight.

Campaign aides said the plane landed safely at Denver International Airport, and there were no reports of any injuries. An electrical fire was the suspected cause of the smoke.

Listen to the LiveATC.net cockpit recording about smoke in the cabin

Mrs. Romney was en route from Omaha, Neb., to Santa Monica, Calif., on a chartered Canadair Challenger 601 when the smoke forced an emergency landing. She spoke with Gov. Romney, who was campaigning in Las Vegas at the time, by phone shortly after landing. 

An earlier version of this post referred to the plane Mrs. Romney was on as a regional jet. The Federal Aviation Administration advises it is not considered a regional jet.

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the right to make a disgusting and rude comments....freedom of speech is a wonderful thing...hope that we never lose that right. Radical islamist terrorists - go to Hedes!

    Reply#107 - Sat Sep 22, 2012 12:18 PM EDT

    One of her advisers' pants were on fire.

      Reply#108 - Sat Sep 22, 2012 12:51 PM EDT

      Amazing, if anyone directed any of these comments to Moochelle Antoinette, you would be in an uproar.

      It is horrible to see some of these comments and ill will directed at a human being.

      How would you feel if it had been your mother on that plane? Or your wife? Or one of your children.

      Just goes to show what Obama supporters have become.

        Reply#109 - Sat Sep 22, 2012 12:55 PM EDT

        What Obama supporters have become? Go take a long look in the mirror. If you can.

          #109.1 - Sat Sep 22, 2012 1:39 PM EDT
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          And the comment about Ann's $2000 dress? Guess what they paid for that with money that Romney earned.

          What about the $6800.00 jacket that Queen Moochelle wore to the Olympics? And that wasn't even the entire outfit that we, the taxpayers paid for.

          Love the double standards.

            Reply#110 - Sat Sep 22, 2012 1:00 PM EDT

            What a dopey comment. Who sells you on this junk?

              #110.1 - Sat Sep 22, 2012 1:38 PM EDT
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              Obama's plane is always filled with smoke......but, that is just him smoking his Newports!

                Reply#111 - Sat Sep 22, 2012 1:15 PM EDT

                Left by road killer Laura Bush.

                  #111.1 - Sat Sep 22, 2012 1:37 PM EDT
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                  Glad all are ok. Don't like the right's agenda, but don't want anyone to die.

                  But there is a lesson to be learned here. Yes, electrical fires can start with no warning, but there is always a reason. Most likely due to poor maintenance. Maintenance that was likely delayed due to being deemed, "not cost effective". This is what happens when profits must always come first. Most likely due to a $2.00 plastic bushing designed to prevent chafing and shorting out of a wire. The fact that it would have taken a well paid, experienced technician to find and replace that bushing, or make sure that wiring harness was properly secured was the reason it was deemed "not cost effective".

                  The profits first, everything else second, greed based mentality is one of the main things wrong today. Take your time, do it right the first time, and cost be damned.

                  When you have the brakes on your car serviced, do you do it right, regardless of cost, or as cheap as possible? Think about that.

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                  Reply#112 - Sat Sep 22, 2012 1:16 PM EDT

                  That is a lie and you know it. How bigoted & racist to declare the the First lady's jacket was paid for by taxpayer money. You call her Queen Moochelle like she has never earned anything she got and just like the 47% mooch off of the so-called makers. That whole racist/bigoted crap is why Romney will never get elected. Not paying your fair share of taxes and hiding your wealth in swiss bank accounts and the cayman islands is unamerican and should be illegal. The sad part is dumba**es like you support them as you cut your own throat. Many of you are apart of the 47% he speaks of you're just to stupid to realize it. They use God, guns, gay marriage, abortion, and racist/bigoted resentment to line you up and vote for their 1% policies. Your racist rants about the First Lady being a moocher show how you buy into these attacks as if none of you or your friends ever receive social security, military pay & pension, assistance, unemployment, and food stamps. The fact is that white americans receive the most out of any part of the population with the red southern states sucking off the government teat the most and paying in the least. You remember the the ever so thoughtful one tooth rants from southerners about whites deserving assistance and the blacks and illegals not deserving? Well it ain't true and sadly white trailer trash dwellers mooch the most and have paid the least. I seem to remember Sister Sarah going on a shopping spree courtesy of the RNC donors. I wonder what Ann has bought for herself because you know the wealthy never likes to spend their own money. They screw over the country the most. God willing they will be ponying up for their gimmees since Bush after the fall election.

                    Reply#113 - Sat Sep 22, 2012 1:29 PM EDT

                    Do you have Michelle's receipt that shows she buys all of her outfits with her own money? She's spent more money than any 1st. lady ever. In just 4 years!!!!! I'll bet you're wife has 27 assistants helping her too. You are an effin idiot.

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                    #113.1 - Sat Sep 22, 2012 1:43 PM EDT

                    @Jay-1891719:

                    The Presidnet receives a $400,000/year salary plus other perquisites of the job (White House, Air Force One and Marine One, Camp David,the presidential motorcade, etc). With adjustments for inflation, this is actually lower than any other amount paid to presidents since Washington. However, I bet that he can afford to pay for the First Lady's clothing out of his salary. Also remember that he didn't come into the office poor, either. His term as a Senator and royalties from his books helped too.

                    As for showing receipts, why don't YOU show where they were purchased with taxpayer money? I bet they're as nonexistent as Myth RMoney's tax returns. Better yet, since you're just obviously trolling, going away would be the best response yet - take a nice vacation back home in Dumbphuckistan. Can't get you to shut up, no one's ever been able to get a Teahadist to do that.

                    Obama/Biden 2012!!

                      #113.2 - Sat Sep 22, 2012 2:45 PM EDT

                      Yes..the Obamas are part of the 1%...........

                        #113.3 - Sat Sep 22, 2012 10:48 PM EDT
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                        I just figured this latest in a long line of plastic repuke Barbies had Laura Bush on board with her, and she was chain puffing away.

                          Reply#114 - Sat Sep 22, 2012 1:36 PM EDT

                          It turned out that a can of Mitts spray on tan exploded..He had to postpone his meeting with the NAACP till the spray tan could be replaced..

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                          Reply#115 - Sat Sep 22, 2012 2:01 PM EDT

                          Nicki Minaj

                          “The renouned rapper stunned her predominately African-American fan base recently when she appeared to slam President Obama as being "lazy" in Lil' Wayne's song "Mercy (Remix)"

                          “ "I'm a Republican voting for Mitt Romney, you lazy bitches fu*ked up the economy," Minaj rapped...

                            Reply#116 - Sat Sep 22, 2012 2:11 PM EDT

                            ''President Barack Obama has lost the support of one worldwide figure – super model Cindy Crawford. She helped out Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney with his $10.25 million fundraising telethon Monday, Politico reports. In 2008 the 45-year-old Crawford supported Obama.''

                              Reply#117 - Sat Sep 22, 2012 2:14 PM EDT

                              Boy howdie, that is important!

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                              #117.1 - Sat Sep 22, 2012 8:53 PM EDT
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                              According to the Wikipedia article () on this plane (which is made in Canada by Bombardier Aerospace, of which Canadair is a division) the US has only military operators (USAF and USCG), no civilian companies are listed. Why, then, wouldn't the RMoney campaign use US planes and charter companies, if the talk is about creating jobs in the US? Perhaps a discount is involved? No idea.

                              But it'd impress me a lot more if he went with "Made in the USA" on goods and services. So far, I don't think he's worried about that. But those underemployed ot out of work, sure think about it.

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                              Reply#118 - Sat Sep 22, 2012 2:33 PM EDT

                              Some of my best friends own airline charters!!

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                              Reply#119 - Sat Sep 22, 2012 5:16 PM EDT

                              2 questions, was this Soul Plane and was Snoop Dog piloting?

                                Reply#120 - Sat Sep 22, 2012 5:46 PM EDT

                                Headline sounds like a description of her husband's campaign.

                                  Reply#121 - Sat Sep 22, 2012 6:19 PM EDT

                                  That's a shame seeing as how that smoke had been reserved for blowing up the electorate's asses. I mean, now what are they going to do?

                                    Reply#122 - Sat Sep 22, 2012 6:40 PM EDT

                                    Did she try whining "Stop it",..."now just STOP IT" ? My Mittens is a swell fella, and we're lucky he is here to do the bidding of the financial elite.

                                    Glad she's OK,...we are so looking forward to her next "speech" (cough, cough,...b*llsh*t).

                                    "STOP IT".

                                      Reply#123 - Sat Sep 22, 2012 6:52 PM EDT

                                      Did they get her 77K a year tax deducted MS therapy dressage Horse out safely from the plane? That's the burning question that I have.

                                        Reply#124 - Sat Sep 22, 2012 7:39 PM EDT

                                        hey, they did not need to abort the flight, all they needed to do was put a cork in her azz.... LOL

                                        A REALLY big one!

                                          Reply#125 - Sat Sep 22, 2012 8:50 PM EDT

                                          Now they are burning his tax returns on the airplane, how desperate are they????

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                                          Reply#126 - Sat Sep 22, 2012 8:55 PM EDT

                                          The cabin most likely filled with Sensimilla smoke as Annie was no doubt toking on a big old doobie to try and forget about being part of Mittens latest debacle.

                                            Reply#127 - Sat Sep 22, 2012 10:01 PM EDT

                                            Philo

                                            Did you get President Obama to autograph his picture for you too?

                                              #127.1 - Sun Sep 23, 2012 6:56 AM EDT
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                                              So...what, Ann just goes right on smoking crack after bringing the plane down because of it? Isn't she at least going to go into rehab for it?? Mitt better watch it, can't trust a crack-head, that's for sure.

                                                Reply#128 - Sat Sep 22, 2012 11:10 PM EDT

                                                Didn't anyone suspect arson or sabotage?

                                                It's not like these Romney people are well liked around the country after firing all those people.

                                                The Romneys can certainly afford to hire the best well maintained airplanes.

                                                  Reply#129 - Sun Sep 23, 2012 1:50 AM EDT

                                                  Skeptical

                                                  If you're referring to all of the outsourcing that's been done with our economy over the past twenty years, start with Bill the draft dodger pervert Clinton, when the deals he started with China have everything from Joe Biden's teething rings to his own condoms being made there, Mr. tech man, moron. If you stupid libs are so concerned with outsourcing.....why did you outsource the job of President of the United States to some Kenyan imbecile in 2008???

                                                  [... Lord....why did you make life so hard.....by making liberals so friggen stupid???]

                                                    #129.1 - Sun Sep 23, 2012 7:08 AM EDT
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                                                    I don't know if MS can be aggravated by exposure to the chemicals in an electrical fire. Hope she is resting this weekend.

                                                      Reply#130 - Sun Sep 23, 2012 2:04 AM EDT

                                                      She'll be fine. I heard she stroked the mane of her 77K Tax Deduction Dressage Horse to ease her pain.

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                                                      #130.1 - Sun Sep 23, 2012 4:52 AM EDT

                                                      willie53

                                                      I heard you stroke a different thing... but it still doesn't stop you from posting on the computer with one hand.

                                                        #130.2 - Sun Sep 23, 2012 7:11 AM EDT
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                                                        Yep she was delivering Mirrors too in the cargo, to the next repub speech for their budget plan presentation made of smoke and mirrors.

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                                                        Reply#131 - Sun Sep 23, 2012 2:35 AM EDT

                                                        Wow BigBull$hitBill

                                                        Did you stay up till 2:35 thinking that brilliant childish statement up??? You are probably are really a strategist for the "Cluster_uck" Party...you know the one with an ass as it's mascott.... The Dumbocraps.

                                                          #131.1 - Sun Sep 23, 2012 7:16 AM EDT
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