Officials succeeded this morning in moving the remains of a Continental Airlines jet that crashed nearly two weeks ago in a ravine at Denver International Airport.
Soft ground at the ravine had delayed moving the wreckage on Friday, but Jeff Green, a spokesman for the airport, said the move went off without a hitch today.
The National Transportation Safety Board had the plan’s wrecked fuselage loaded on two flatbed-truck trailers around 4 p.m on Friday.
The wreckage was taken today to a ramp area at DIA near Continental’s hangar for further examination, Green said.
The main portion of the fuselage, including the wings, was placed on one trailer. The rear portion, including the tail, was placed on another trailer.
Because the burned plane had been on its belly since the Dec. 20 accident, investigators had been unable to examine the aircraft’s nose landing gear, which collapsed when the jet slid off the left of Runway 34Right.
The movement of the wreckage today prompted officials to close the runway down for about 30 minutes.
Christopher N. Osher: 303-954-1747 or cosher@denverpost.com
