Jaunted

Tags: Airplane Hell / Accidents / Houston / Southwest Airlines / Landings / Jetblue / Safety / → All Tags

Southwest Jet Suffers Tire Fire at Houston-Hobby

Last night was a beautiful evening, that is unless you happened to be channel surfing as we were, and come across Anderson Cooper talking between shots of a Southwest Airlines plane on fire and evacuating passengers via emergency slide.

Of course it wouldn't have been a pleasant end to the day for the passengers aboard Flight 519 from New Orleans to Houston either, as sitting aboard a flaming plane wasn't in the plans.

Upon landing at Houston-Hobby airport, the Southwest jet's tire caught fire and burned steadily through until emergency personnel arrived to the crippled plane on the runway. At that point, the rear left emergency slide deployed to get all 47 passengers and 5 crew out safely.

more ›

Tags: Houston / lists / → All Tags

What to do in Houston, Other than Sweat Profusely

Here's something you can clip and take with you on your next jaunt to Houston: a list of 20 fun and/or cool things to do in the city.  Presented in round-up, listicle form (a journalist's best friend!), the list runs the gamut from obvious tourist choices to things a visitor would never think of alone.  They recommend Chocolate Bar, a choco-teria where it's all dessert, all the time, as well as continual street-corner domino games in the Third Ward neighborhood.  Coolest bullet point? The Hindu mandir (temple) that hosts a light festival every day at sunset.

[image via Bluffton]