What a crazy flight today!

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In case you missed it. A Continental Express plane had some of its tires blow out:

The Continental Express jet blew two left tires on takeoff. Flight #3161 left Houston at 3:55pm, bound for Minneapolis. According to Continental officials, there are 45 passengers and three crew members on board.

Shortly after leaving, pilots called back to the tower to inform them of the blown tire. The plane circled back and flew by the control tower to give controllers the opportunity to visually assess the tire damage. Both left tires [blew] out.

The plane circled the airport in an effort to burn off fuel before attempting an emergency landing. At about 6:20pm the plane came in for a near perfect landing.

This was not your average flight path. Thanks to FlightAware, I was able to track the plane on the Internet. The above image shows what a crazy flight this was as the plane tried to burn off fuel. CONTACT: Leave me a Houston or Texas media news tip | COMMENT: Click to leave your thoughts on this post here