Interactivity! Blogs! Complaining! This is the future!

Just after midnight, a cargo plane caught fire and made an emergency landing at Philadelphia International airport. (That’s the plane at left, in a photo from CBS 3’s website. From that photo, you also learn the Philadelphia Kixx are playing the Baltimore Blast this morning. Helpful!)

Anyway, the plane caught fire and landed at the airport, closing it from midnight to 6 a.m. The blaze was under control at around 4. KYW does excellent video of the fire, as well as the woman-on-the-scene reporter, Stephanie Abrams, who we can assume gets 2 hours of sleep a night since CBS 3 is always sending her out at 5 a.m. to do stories.

The Inquirer has full coverage on the Early Word blog, which means award-winning headline writer Peter Mucha has posted a thread saying “complain here if you’re stuck at the airport!” So, that means this morning the Early Word blog is focused on people stuck at the airport, who have laptops and enough time to check mail at a wireless point. That’s a mighty big audience.

A commenter leaves a big rant about how this is stupid, and Early Word editor Peter Mucha has a snappy comeback, but that’s about all the comments they’re going to get.

But this is the future. When’s the “airport delay podcast” starting up?

Airport Reopens After Cargo Plane Fire [CBS 3]
Burning plane lands [AP via Philly.com]
Affected, Inconvenienced by Airport Closure? [Early Word]