By AP/KWMU
St. Louis – The pilot of Barack Obama's campaign plane told air traffic controllers he had an emergency when he made an unscheduled landing in St. Louis last month.
At the time, the FAA and Midwest Airlines said there was no emergency.
ABC News reported Thursday that tower tapes it obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request show the pilot was having trouble controlling the pitch of the plane.
On the tapes the pilot told an air traffic controller that he wanted declare an emergency and have crash equipment ready at Lambert Airport.
FAA spokeswoman Laura Brown did not dispute the network's account.