Plane makes safe emergency landing at Giddings airport, Giddings TX
Emergency crews responded to an aircraft making an emergency landing near Giddings-Lee County Airport. The aircraft was reported to be about three miles from the airport and a possible crash landing was feared due to high pressure fuel. Responders prepared with fire tankers and bunker gear. The FAA lost radar contact before the aircraft landed safely at the airport with no injuries reported.
Audio|Source: Giddings Fire
06:4
Transcript:
00:00
Attention Giddings Fire, attention to the airport, repeating, needs you en route to the airport, repeating, need to you en route to the airport for emergency landing.
00:08
Call is coming in from the FAA,
00:10
getting advised that they received a call from the FAA for an emergency landing.
00:15
Again, it's going to be getting to airport.
00:18
I don't know.
00:31
Attention Lee County, EMS.
00:32
Attentionly, County, EMS.
00:34
You're needed at the airport for an emergency landing.
00:38
The FSA called getting PD advising that if somebody making an emergency landing, they're approximately three miles out.
00:45
Again, you're needed at the airport for an emergency landing.
00:50
Five of one county, fill me in route.
01:05
We county to fire.
01:11
The FAA is advising it's going to be a possible crash landing, high pressure fuel.
01:21
5-1 received.
01:37
The county, the responding unit be advised.
01:40
The FAA lost connection, they lost that aircraft on radar.
01:50
County, if you don't mind, go ahead and get patient Lincoln to bring the tankers to the scene, please.
02:00
Step one.
02:01
State.
02:14
Attention Lincoln Fireman.
02:16
Attention Lincoln Fireman.
02:17
Needing route to the airport, repeating, needing to the airport.
02:21
It's going to be for a possible crash landing.
02:24
Aircraft was approximately three miles from getting,
02:30
possibly landing at the airport.
02:32
Again, needing to the airport to assist getting fire with a tanker.
02:39
Police County 530 en route.
02:42
All Lincoln fire partners make sure we have a couple of guys bunker up just in case.
02:49
A 29 is so, do we have a number of occupants on board?
02:57
Negative, they did not advise.
02:59
Stand by.
03:04
Lee County, show 531 and right to the scene.
03:12
10-4[1].
03:17
31, you hear my traffic about bunkering up.
03:23
Yeah, 104, I don't have bunker gear with me at the moment.
03:28
I'll let Shane know to grab mine.
03:31
104, Shades behind me, he's listening.
03:38
I'm thirty-sixthous manning nothing, please.
03:48
James, Shane should be on his way right behind you.
03:55
In 15 or out six.
04:00
All responding units be advised there is a train right now at the intersection of 290.
04:15
Lee County 530, do we have a direction of air flight east to west, north, or do we have that?
04:23
501 County.
04:29
Lee County, so they're all responding units.
04:31
You can go ahead and stand down.
04:33
The plane has landed safely.
04:36
No injuries.
05:05
Attention getting farming.
05:07
Attention getting farming. You can 1022, repeat, 1022.
05:10
That aircraft has landed safely.
05:12
Again, you can 1022.
05:43
Attention Lincoln Farman.
05:44
Attention Lincoln Farman, you can 1022.
05:46
Again, 1022.
05:48
That aircraft has landed safely.
05:50
No injuries.
05:58
Lee County, I said, Lee County, UMS.
06:00
You can go ahead and stand down.
06:02
That aircraft has landed safely, no injuries.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment / Message received
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Location mentioned:
Giddings-Lee County Airport, 1234 Co Rd 206, Giddings, TX 78942
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