This is SOOO HILARIOUS!!

Sooo.. on the Tony Blair kick, if you read the previous article, there was a little, um, lighting issue at MIA.  But, in TRUE MIA form (the airport has been "undergoing renovation" for, like, ever.. they are DENYING any construction issues!
ha.  Read on....

 

MIA rejects account of hairy jet landing

Miami International Airport officials are disputing British Airways' version of the events in a landing mishap on a flight carrying British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his family.

BY MICHAEL VASQUEZ

mrvasquez@MiamiHerald.com

Welcome to Miami, Mr. Prime Minister, and by the way. . .the airport says it wasn't our fault.

A day after a highly publicized, though relatively minor, landing mishap at Miami International Airport, MIA officials Wednesday disputed the suggestion that lighting problems and ongoing construction at the airport were to blame.

The plane in question, British Airways Flight 209, counted British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his family among its 343 passengers — ''A family vacation,'' according to the Secret Service.

The airline initially told The Miami Herald that the plane's pilot missed a turn toward the terminal from Runway 30 and needed help to turn around at the end of the 10,000-foot runway.

'He stopped the airplane and said to the tower, `Look, I can't see the lights. Please send me some assistance,' '' British Airways spokesman John Lampl said hours after the incident happened. Lampl blamed the problem on ongoing construction on the runway.

But MIA made it clear Wednesday it was not accepting the British Airways version of events.

''There are no issues with construction, there are no issues with lighting,'' airport spokesperson Marc Henderson said. ``It was not an issue for the airport at all.''