Des Moines got the better of Mesa...
 

Now before Bla bla bla gets on my case :rolleyes:...I googled it and can't find too much 411 other than a Mesa flight skidded off the taxiway in the storm. Anybody know more? DSM commuters perhaps??

I found the story on the Des Moines Register Online (Local newspaper). They had the best picture and info of the incident. I was trying to find out if it was one of our (SKywest) planes, but the picture from their website had a nice picture of fire and rescue at the door with a good view of "Operated by Mesa Airlines Inc." Link added below! Glad I am in Bakersfield and not in the big storm back home!

http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage

I know it was pretty slick here in Lincoln.

Looks like the DSM paper has got some photos:

http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pb...s=Itemnr=1#top

Mesa op specs let them roll in FZRA?

Hey buddy thats my money to get home through ORD from DCA. JS on that one lots of times. Glad not this time.

I would also like to say that they put 2 off the runway the same day.

http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/...4/1207/GPGnews


Some two dozen flights were canceled at the Dane County Regional Airport in Madison. An incoming Mesa Airlines regional jet flying for United Express slid off the pavement after failing to make the turn onto a taxi way, said a spokesman for Chicago-based United Airlines.

http://cmsimg.desmoinesregister.com/...w=600&Maxh=500

wow look at the runway!

Yeah, safe to say braking action is non-existant.

A friend of mine was on that plane that skid off the runway. He said they sat there for a half hour before the emergency crews got there. I actually saw him in one of the pictures on the Des Moines register website.

Yeah man...I was thinking about ya - wonderin' if you had the nuts for a commute today LoL. Glad to hear your either at work or at home and not there!