Monday March 8, 2010
A rock slide has closed Interstate Seventy through Glenwood Canyon.
Boulders more than ten feet wide punched two large holes into the roadway just west of the Hanging Lake Tunnel.  The east side of the highway was also damaged, though not as severely.
The rock fall happened at just after midnight Sunday. No injuries have been reported.    
Crews with the Colorado Department of Transportation are working at the site now, but it will probably require explosives to blast apart the large boulders so those can be removed. 
All lanes are closed.  It is expected that a detour will be in place using the east bound lanes but it’s not certain when that can take place.
It was a big scare for passengers on a flight leaving Aspen’s Airport on Sunday.  
 A Canadair Regional Jet 700, operated by SkyWest Airlines for United Express Flight 5840, had just left at 12:49 p.m. bound for Denver when the pilot’s cabin started to fill with smoke.
The aircraft with more than sixty five passengers plus four crew members landed safely.  There were no injuries.
Emergency responders from Aspen, Snowmass and the airport on site facilities were on the tarmac when the plane landed.
Counselors were brought in to help some of the passengers who were unnerved by the incident.
A malfunctioning air conditioner was blamed for the problem.  After repairs were made, the same aircraft left for Denver International Airport later on Sunday afternoon.
 
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