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Talk About Timing: Troubled Jet News Follows Rochelle Park Emergency Drill Talk About Timing: Troubled Jet News Follows Rochelle Park Emergency Drill
Talk About Timing: Troubled Jet News Follows Rochelle Park Emergency Drill ROCHELLE PARK, N.J. -- When news came Thursday morning that a troubled incoming Lear jet was safely diverted from Teterboro to another airport, Rochelle Park Emergency Management Coordinator Pete Donatello smiled. "We can only hope an event doesn’t happen," he wrote moments later, "but I am confident based on the participation and input from all who participated in our recent Air Crash Table Top Exercise that we will respond to this like we have responded to ALL major disasters in the past – with the utmost professionalism, dedication and focus on life safety." More than…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Lear Jet In Trouble Over Teterboro Lands Safely In NY Lear Jet In Trouble Over Teterboro Lands Safely In NY
Lear Jet In Trouble Over Teterboro Lands Safely In NY TETERBORO, N.J. – A Lear jet headed to Teterboro diverted safely late Thursday morning to Stewart Airport in Orange County, NY, after a problem with the nose landing gear, authorities said. The troubled jet landed before noon at the public/military airport in the southern Hudson Valley town of New Windsor, nearly 57 miles north of Teterboro, the Port Authority's Joseph Pentangelo told Daily Voice. Hasbrouck Heights firefighters and Port Authority responders were at Teterboro Airport as the jet, with five people aboard, began circling to burn off fuel around 10:30 a.m., Pentangelo said. The…

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by Jerry DeMarco