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Plane slides off runway at Midway
The NTSB releases video from April of a Southwest Airlines plane skidding off the end of a runway in Chicago (www.cnn.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
The common denominator is Southwest Airlines... if the press, politicians, and FAA would get out of SWA's pocket then they would be seen for what they are.... unprofessional cowboys!!!
Seems he steered to avoid the EMAS which is made to stop overruns. Hmmm... Kinda defeats the point?
Course, this is old news but the video is new.
I was just thinking this myself.
Again? And how many times have this happened before?
Maybe it was just the angle of the camera but it appeared to me that the right side spoilers failed to deploy. That and a wet runway and I would give the pilots a commendation for getting the plane stopped without a major incident.
Had a similar incident with a C141 at Clark AFB. Left Nose wheel tire blew right side spoilers and reverser failed to open. Never saw a plane make such a tight left turn before. Outcome was not all that bad. Plowed up a portion of the field to the left of the runway, bent the nose gear, sheared of the nose gear doors and minor structural damage.
Had a similar incident with a C141 at Clark AFB. Left Nose wheel tire blew right side spoilers and reverser failed to open. Never saw a plane make such a tight left turn before. Outcome was not all that bad. Plowed up a portion of the field to the left of the runway, bent the nose gear, sheared of the nose gear doors and minor structural damage.