Declared Emergency

Remember the incident with Obama's airplane? The plane landed at an alternate airport and it was learned that an emergency slide had inadvertently opened in the tail section of the plane. Afterwards, Obama admitted feeling some concern but the FAA said that there had never been an emergency. Really? Turns out that the pilots did declare an emergency and there was, at a least for a while, real concern about the ability to control the airplane. Listen to the actual radio communication between the pilots and air traffic control. You'll hear the pilot request CFR - an acronym for Crash Fire Rescue equipment. The tape is edited to compress exchanges that took place over time. Click HERE to listen.