From the ArcaMax Publishing, News & Features Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/newsheadlines/s-374573-955762
ST. LOUIS (UPI) -- Federal investigators say the inflation of an
emergency slide caused presidential candidate Barack Obama to make an
unscheduled landing in St. Louis Monday.
Obama's charter MD-81 diverted to Lambert-St. Louis International
Airport when the crew began experiencing steering problems while on a
flight from Chicago to North Carolina.
The plane landed safely with 48 passengers and crew on board.
The National Transportation Safety Board said it was discovered that
the inflatable emergency evacuation slide in the aft section of the
plane deployed inside the tail cone shortly after takeoff from
Chicago. While the tail cone didn't fly off the fuselage, the incident
caused the elevator controls to feel unusually heavy to the crew and
prompted the precautionary landing.