CO 737 departs end of runway in DEN
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I guess I was referring also to the numerous other incidents today as well; JFK, SLC, and ALB. I just remember hearing about this issue a while ago and am wondering if they are not treating the runways and taxiways as they have in the past. Your description of events sound like it is unrelated. Thanks for the detailed info.
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It was reported that the bird was about 2000' down the runway.
The man, the legend, the "expert" known as Mike Boyd was asked how fast the airplane would be travelling at that point on the runway. His reply:
"About 220-230 mph."
Words FAIL me.
The man, the legend, the "expert" known as Mike Boyd was asked how fast the airplane would be travelling at that point on the runway. His reply:
"About 220-230 mph."
Words FAIL me.
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Yahoo's latest says the plane veered off 2000' from the END of the runway. I'm not sure what the V speeds are for a 737, and I'm not saying Mike Boyd has anything worthwhile to say -- just wanted to correct that part.
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I am happy to hear no one perished in this accident. I cannot imagine the chaos.
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I couldn't agree more. It's not just lives, but livelihood. I can't think of another profession where the line between being employed and having to find another line of work is so thin. We, and the travelling public think it's easy because things so rarely go wrong. However, if you stop to think about it, the decisions we're asked to make, sometimes in an instant travelling 160 knots down a rapidly decreasing runway, can literally be the difference between life and death. It's time to start getting paid what we deserve again. I'm tired of subsidizing cheap tickets and management bonuses.
Concur. Hopefully the flight crew wasn't at fault. In any event, it sounds like the entire crew did a great job in the evacuation. Kind of reminds me of the flight attendant saying: "I'm here to save your a**, not kiss it."
Concur. Hopefully the flight crew wasn't at fault. In any event, it sounds like the entire crew did a great job in the evacuation. Kind of reminds me of the flight attendant saying: "I'm here to save your a**, not kiss it."
I love how people always say that Pilot Error is the leading cause of all aviation incidents and accidents. My answer to this out-lived statistic is simply this,
How many incidents and accidents have occured due to mechanical, meteorological, or other unknown factors?
Not many, because there is usually a highly qualified and capable flight crew there to prevent the disaster.
Give credit where it's due.
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