Pistons' plane lands after distress call HOUSTON, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- A jetliner carrying the Detroit Pistons made a safe landing in Houston Monday after issuing a distress call, multiple reports indicated Monday. A Houston Fire Department official said a plane landed safely at Hobby Airport after the crew radioed it was experiencing hydraulics problems, triggering a scramble of emergency vehicles. The plane was carrying the Pistons to Houston for a Tuesday game against the Rockets, the Houston Chronicle and KHOU-TV, Houston, reported. Fire officials said 44 people were aboard the plane and no one was injured. "They showed a hydraulic landing gear alarm went off in flight," Assistant Fire Chief Bill Barry told the Chronicle. So we had an alert in which we sent the crash trucks from the airport fire station and surrounding stations to the scene. When the plane landed, they landed without incident so it was probably a non-functioning alarm.