Southwest Airlines Plane Slides Off Runway in Burbank During Landing

KTLA ^ | , December 6, 2018, by | CNN Wire, Nouran Salahieh, Lauren Lyster and Elizabeth Espinosa,

[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.

[PhiloBedo]

(not the landing in the article, but a landing on that runway, in a B-73

[DAC21]

“Raining here all day”

And real hard for an extended period of time. Had to drive from San Diego Airport up the Coast into Orange County then into Chino (inland Empire) from 12:00 on the rain was relentless. Moderate traffic on the Freeway but surprisingly everyone treated the rain with respect it was 45 mph across all 4/5 lanes. I didn’t see one accident the entire. 115 mile trip.

[tenger]

How did the pilot know the landing would be rough when the passengers first boarded?

Apparently you've never flown SW before. It's their shtick to make their pre-flight speeches humorous so people will remember them.

[Rusty0604]

Actually I fly SW quite often. You're right, they can be humorous. Just reading it, how the passenger reported it, sounded serious. Now I'm laughing. 😂

[ridesthemiles]

Water on runway= Hydroplaning.