Manchin Blows A Tire

Yeager Airport's main runway was closed for about an hour over the weekend after a 1981 single-engine Piper Saratoga flown by Gov. Joe Manchin suffered a flat tire upon landing, the Charleston Daily Mail reports.

"There were absolutely no injuries, it was just a simple flat tire," Manchin spokeswoman Lara Ramsburg told the newspaper. "He just wishes that the flat was one of the type that would have allowed the plane to continue off under its own power so as not to inconvenience anyone."

Ramsburg also said that she believed the Sunday flight "was part of his requirement to keep his flight hours up to date and not part of a specific trip."