Passenger plane avoids landing with other aircraft on runway
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The FAA says a Cincinnati-bound passenger plane that was trying to land had to pull up suddenly from the runway because another plane hadn't cleared the landing strip. The plane landed safely on a second attempt.
FAA spokeswoman Holly Baker said there was no safety risk to passengers Saturday.
Patrick Steitz says he was a passenger on the Pinnacle Airlines flight from St. Louis. He says the plane was within about 10 feet of the runway at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport when the engines roared and the plane turned back up.
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He says passengers realized what was happening and were relieved the plane didn't try to land. Steitz says the pilot later told them over a loudspeaker what happened.
The Laurel, Md., resident says the pilots handled the situation well.