At least it stayed near the runway, this one, in '05, didn't.
Posted on 12/06/2018 6:45:49 PM PST by BenLurkin
The scene on the plane during landing was calm, according to passengers.
"We didn’t realize what was going on, it was that fast," said a passenger, Gary Scott. "It got very bumpy and I felt the front of the aircraft sink in a little bit ... and then it was like 'OK, were done.'"
Scott said he knew the plane had skidded off the runway when he saw mud splashing against the windows and the headlights from cars on the road behind the airport wall.
Passengers said the pilot warned them that the landing would be rough when they first boarded.
"We were primed for something to happen," Colette Carlson said, adding that she couldn't see outside during landing because of water covering her window, but she could feel that the plane was heading towards the end of the runway.
Clapping erupted on the plane after it came to a stop, passengers who were grateful to the pilot for his response said.
"It could have been a much grimmer circumstance," Carlson said.
Passengers said they were told to stay on the plane until responders checked that it was safe for them to leave.
The airline is refunding the cost of the passengers' roundtrip airfare and rebooking trips for those with connecting flights, a Southwest Airlines spokesperson said.
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The frangible concrete works just like it was advertised to do!
No problem, it will rub right out.
A little Bondo, a little Paint and nobody will be the wiser.
Appears to be a wet runway. Combine that with a perhaps slightly hot approach, a slightly long landing, and we’ve got the recipe for some hot times in the old tires tonight.
Or an end of runway encounter. Gotta love that crushable concrete.
My Dad’s squadron fixed a crease in the wing of an F-8 with Bondo. It survived supersonic flight.
They neglected to tell the pilot until after the test flight...
“Passengers said the pilot warned them that the landing would be rough when they first boarded.”
Always comforting.
Colette Carlson said “she could feel that the plane was heading towards the end of the runway.”
How odd...that’s the identical feeling I get every single time the planes I am riding land on the runway.
At least it stayed near the runway, this one, in '05, didn't.
The Burbank East / West runway is really short. It doesn’t allow much room for error.
I was gonna say...did no one notice this?
Are they serious? Upon taking off they knew they might have something like this? What?
Corpus Christi, Texas circa 1982.
I was in my aircraft (Cessna 172) waiting to take the active for departure. A Continental 727 landed way long. I expected him to “go around.” He did not. The next thing I saw was smoking tires, a lot of smoke from those tires. Nothing bad happened but it could have.
I would have loved to hear the conversation between the captain and the first officer after that landing. I suspect the conversation would have started like this, “You dumb Son of a Bit—! I would have hoped it was the First Officer doing the landing. If it was the captain, the first officer would have said nothing but sat there in fuming anger.
Meme for the pic
Pilot: “Man that was a short runway”
Co-Pilot: “Yeah, but it was really wide”
“My Dad’s squadron fixed a crease in the wing of an F-8 with Bondo. It survived supersonic flight.
They neglected to tell the pilot until after the test flight...”
A friend of mine was a “tin bender” in the Air Force. A jet had a bird strike and needed a little “tin bending.” It actually needed a major repair but the pilot wanted to get home. He did his tin bending but told the pilot the guarantee was null and void at about 300 knots. The pilot wisely decided to not fly the aircraft.
Raining here all day.
Typical LA. No one knows how to drive in the rain...
Funny story about my C172. I bought it in Bryan College Station which is the home of the Texas Aggies. I was teaching my brother how to fly and after landing the man in the tower recognized my tail numbers. He asked if we were from Bryan College Station. My brother (always a joker) said “no do I fly like an Aggie?” A very curt and short reply from the tower was “no.” I suspect the man in the tower was an Aggie.
Now arriving at Gate 10......Gate 11......Gate 12...........
How did the pilot know the landing would be rough when the passengers first boarded?
Excellent
Having seen the landing from the jump seat, I was of the opinion it would when, not if.
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