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-   -   Southwest Lands at Wrong Airport (https://www.airlinepilotforums.com/safety/79230-southwest-lands-wrong-airport.html)

Lobaeux 01-12-2014 05:52 PM
Originally Posted by Hueypilot (Post 1557603)
Even if I was in a Herk landing normally, and expecting a 7140' runway and saw half that after the wheels were on deck, it would still be pretty sporty. Can't imagine that happening in a B737.
Saw 737's coming into Taran Kowt, they seemed to do all right. Normal landings in a Herk, no, assault landings? No problem.

johnso29 01-12-2014 05:56 PM
Scary. It sucks. It happens. I'm just happy no one was hurt.

Hueypilot 01-12-2014 05:56 PM
Originally Posted by Lobaeux (Post 1557605)
Saw 737's coming into Taran Kowt, they seemed to do all right. Normal landings in a Herk, no, assault landings? No problem.
Sure, but I imagine these guys weren't prepared to stop in 3,000 feet...and I'm sure they landed in the first 500' too and didn't float it past the 1,000' markers.

The news says they can't fly it out of there...when I flew Lears, we'd need to be very light in order to get out of a 3,700' field. The USAF required we had at least 4,500', however, so it was a moot point.

Bucking Bar 01-12-2014 05:58 PM
Originally Posted by Epoch Times
The plane came to a stop about 40 feet from the edge of a cliff, Scott Schieffer, one of the passengers, said via Twitter. “The mood is somber now,” he said.

“You should have felt the braking when we landed,” he said. “The pilot braked hard; I wonder when he realized he picked wrong airport?”
Sorry to hear the news.

block30 01-12-2014 06:00 PM
Originally Posted by Lobaeux (Post 1557599)
3,700' is a long runway... for a Herk.
Hey now, not everybody's four engine transport aircraft has also done carrier ops. Show offs! :D

Al Czervik 01-12-2014 06:01 PM
Glad all are ok:
Southwest Jet Lands At Wrong Missouri Airport | NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

Can a very light 737 get out?

Hueypilot 01-12-2014 06:03 PM
Originally Posted by block30 (Post 1557614)
Hey now, not everybody's four engine transport aircraft has also done carrier ops. Show offs! :D
What they did to get that Herk prepared to do carrier ops is what SWA will have to do to get that 737 out of there...

80ktsClamp 01-12-2014 06:07 PM
Originally Posted by Al Czervik (Post 1557615)
It'll have to have a special release. I'd imagine it'll be on the ground there for a day or 2.

Bucking Bar 01-12-2014 06:08 PM
Originally Posted by Al Czervik (Post 1557615)
Yep .

block30 01-12-2014 06:09 PM
Originally Posted by Hueypilot (Post 1557621)
What they did to get that Herk prepared to do carrier ops is what SWA will have to do to get that 737 out of there...
True...! In seriousness, I'm glad things turned out as they did (everyone is safe) especially given the size of the runway.


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