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2009/02/20

Nascar Bombardier Nails Vegas Landing on One Engine

What: two-engine Bombardier CRJ-200 en route to Southern California
Where: emergency landing in Las Vegas
When: Thursday Feb 19
Who: 44 team members and a crew of four
Why: After the plane made a fuel stop in Salinas, Kan., the left engine lost oil pressure and the pilots shut it down at 38,000 feet. The General Manager of Michael Waltrip Racing said that "the plane operated flawlessly on one engine and we landed with absolutely zero incident."

The Michael Waltrip Racing team members were en route from North Carolina to Southern California for Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup. The team came the rest of the way by bus.
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