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Sep 15, 2007 4:09 pm US/Central

Cowboys Charter Jet Makes Unscheduled Landing

NEW ORLEANS (CBS 11 News) ― The charter plane for the Dallas Cowboys made an unscheduled stop in New Orleans while the team was headed to Miami on Saturday afternoon.

The emergency landing came as the plane was reportedly having hydraulic problems. One of three hydraulic units on the plane had failed.

The plane did land at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport without incident and all 151 passengers on board are said to be safe at the airport.

Babe Laufenberg and CBS 11 & TXA 21 news crews were on the plane when the landing took place.

Officials were able to fix the plane's mechanical malfunctions after a delay of more than two hours.

Nearly one year ago, the Cowboys' charter jet made an emergency landing in Nashville when assistant coach Tony Ollison became ill on the team's flight home from Carolina.

The Cowboys face the Dolphins on Sunday night. The last time Dallas visited Miami was in 1996, when the Cowboys won 29-10. With another victory, they would be 2-0 for the first time since 1999.

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