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Delta Airlines jet runs off runway at Dane County Regional Airport
Boeing 737-800 jet operated by Delta Airlines slid off a snow-covered runway Monday afternoon at the Dane County Regional Airport, authorities said. (host.madison.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Unfortunately winter time taxiways and ramps can be slicker than the runway. One winter taxiing into a gate at Montreal after making the turn in to the gate the ramp lights showed the tracked area to the gate to be glass ice. Testing the brakes verified marginal braking. Committed, I went to idle reverse on #2 engine on a 727 for docking.
Reminded me of when landing at Escanaba airport in about 1953 on board a DC-3. It was snowing hard and the landing was proceeding normally until we got to the end of the runway. We then went through a barbed wire fence and into a corn field. Pilot gunned the motors, wheeled around and headed a back onto the paved landing strip---all the while I looked out the side window to see corn stalks flying past the window as we cleared the field and made our way back to the terminal. This little event did not slow down the trip on to Houghton,Michigan.
Don't judge from our safe armchairs ! the crew did their utmost... Once you skid its almost impossible to get control back...
Hey...it's a common occurance. Plane can't stop at the end of the runway and slid off the prepared surface. Nose first. It's really a non-event...mostly inconvienent for the passengers.
When this happens there are some required inspections that are required... But rarely show any damage...
I'm always amazed by the opinions expressed in these type incidents. Any airplane on any surface without traction is a handful. I'm sure the crew did not intend to have this situation and did everything they could to save it after it got away from them. The most important thing is - no one was hurt!
ATC audio of the event is here:
http://www.liveatc.net/forums/atcaviation-audio-clips/delta-385-slides-off-runway-at-kmsn/
http://www.liveatc.net/forums/atcaviation-audio-clips/delta-385-slides-off-runway-at-kmsn/