Queens: John F. Kennedy Airport ARFF staging for a inbound Emerites A380 with brake failure with 305 passengers on board. 5 minute ETA NY02
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New York City Alerts (@NYCityAlerts) February 08, 2013QUEENS: BREAKING NEWS- BAD TIMING! INBOUND FLIGHT A380 WITH 300 PEOPLE ON BOARD TO JFK REPORTING BRAKE PROBLEMS. 3,000 GALLONS FUEL #911BUFF—
911 Operator (@911BUFF) February 08, 2013
An Emerites A380 flight inbound to JFK airport is reporting brake failure. 305 people aboard. ETA 5 minutes. (@NYCityAlerts)—
BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) February 08, 2013
A lot of Twitter users were understandably alarmed:
Oof, bad timing for this. “@NYCityAlerts: [JFK] staging for a inbound Emerites A380 with brake failure with 305 passengers on board.”—
Dan Frommer (@fromedome) February 08, 2013
Oh My God…. RT @YYB69 #JFK Inbound Emerites A380 with brake failure. ETA 5mins. 305 souls on-board, 3000lbs fuel. @NYCAviation—
Mona (@FangirlMona) February 08, 2013
@spellingwitch "Prayers for the #Emirates flight w brake failure to land at JFK in blizzard. 305 on board. #A380 #NYC" – O_O Praying now!—
@SnowInVegas (@SnowInVegas) February 08, 2013
RT "@YYB69: #JFK Inbound Emerites A380 with brake failure. ETA 5mins. 305 souls on-board, 3000lbs fuel. @NYCAviation"” omg this is terible!—
Ally Opfer (@ally_op) February 08, 2013
It seems odd that no MSM outlet picked up on the story. (Buzzfeed doesn’t count. They often make stuff up.)
According to two Twitter users, the plane was apparently able to land without any problem:
Source at JFK confirms. No call for assist. Just another day at JFK. RT @danisinthenews @NYCAviation Sounded like the A380 landed safely—
JFK Jeff (@jfknewsandviews) February 08, 2013
From the best I can tell, EK201 landed at JFK without incident. Still trying to dig up more info on (false) brake failure.—
Jacob Wycoff (@4cast4you) February 08, 2013
This whole “story” smells pretty fishy.