GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) A jet carrying the Milwaukee Bucks and other passengers made an unscheduled stop late Monday night at Gerald R. Ford International Airport because of ice on one of its engines.

 

The ice developed on the Midwest Airlines jet engine while flying at 20,000 feet, airport spokesman Bruce Schedlbauer said Tuesday.

 

The airplane with 74 passengers landed in Grand Rapids, Mich., at 11:50 p.m. EST Monday, he said.

 

The passengers got on another plane and continued their flight to Milwaukee, departing around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday. The Bucks were flying out of Cleveland after losing 89-86 to the Cavaliers.

 

Schedlbauer said the engine sustained damage, but he described the landing as precautionary, rather than emergency.

 

 

 

Just learned something, I thought teams had private or chartered flights....appears here the Bucks were flying a commercial airline...must have been a nice perk for anyone else on that flight or not??

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) A jet carrying the Milwaukee Bucks and other passengers made an unscheduled stop late Monday night at Gerald R. Ford International Airport because of ice on one of its engines.

 

The ice developed on the Midwest Airlines jet engine while flying at 20,000 feet, airport spokesman Bruce Schedlbauer said Tuesday.

 

The airplane with 74 passengers landed in Grand Rapids, Mich., at 11:50 p.m. EST Monday, he said.

 

The passengers got on another plane and continued their flight to Milwaukee, departing around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday. The Bucks were flying out of Cleveland after losing 89-86 to the Cavaliers.

 

Schedlbauer said the engine sustained damage, but he described the landing as precautionary, rather than emergency.

 

 

 

Just learned something, I thought teams had private or chartered flights....appears here the Bucks were flying a commercial airline...must have been a nice perk for anyone else on that flight or not??

thats a short trip from Cleveland to Milwaukee

 

i bet on longer trips they do private flights