According to Federal Aviation Administration documents and audiotapes obtained by The Smoking Gun, Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) “scared the crap out of” airport workers at Cameron County Airport in South Texas last October, when he landed his Cessna on a closed runway.On October 21, 2010, Inhofe landed his plane on a runway that was closed and marked with an X, apparently scattering construction workers and nearly hitting a truck. According to an FAA report, Inhofe noticed the X, but “still elected to land avoiding the men and equipment on the runway.”
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