"Most of *OUR* passengers get their alive!"
Posted on 01/01/2026 2:32:35 PM PST by DFG
Newly released surveillance footage captured the moment a United Boeing aircraft skidded off a wet runway in Texas as the pilot panicked in the cockpit.
The United Airlines Boeing 737-8 MAX veered off the tarmac after landing in Houston on March 8, 2024.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released a trove of documents on Wednesday with new details about the incident.
About 160 passengers were on board the flight that departed from Memphis, and there were no reported injuries. The incident is still under investigation, and the cause has not been determined.
Surveillance footage from George Bush Intercontinental Airport showed the Boeing aircraft unable to slow down on the run and skidding into the grass.
A transcript of cockpit audio also revealed the conversation between Captain Alireza Johartchi and first officer Michael Dickson during the incident.
As the plane touched down on the runway, Johartchi told Dickson, 'I'm gonna roll it to the end' before he apparently struggled to slow the plane.
'Oh my god, I can't believe that happened. God darn it. I am so sorry,' Johartchi said.
The captain apologized to Dickson several times and asked the flight attendants whether any passengers were injured.
Johartchi said, 'Can't believe I did this', 'Sorry, man, to get you into this mess,' and 'Oh God, this is crazy.'
He also told Dickson, 'I thought it was gonna stop. Dude, I am so frickin' sorry to get you in this. I am so sorry.'
An NTSB performance study determined the Boeing 737-8 MAX failed to decelerate sufficiently before trying to exit the runway, the Houston Chronicle reported.
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The speed brakes retracted after the plane touched down, which disengaged the automatic brakes, and reverse thrust was later reduced, making it harder to slow the aircraft."
Uh huh.
OMG! I just took out a big mortgage.
“Now arriving at Gate 10....Gate 11.....Gate 12....Gate 13......”
United . . . the most arrogant airline in the sky.
It’s a jet. They slow down by reversing thrust not by rubber on pavement.
Unless I’m wrong at which point someone could explain how planes land in the antartic.
DEI hire?
We call it Untied Airline.
"Most of *OUR* passengers get their alive!"
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“I say, let ‘em crash!”
~ Alireza Johartchi
("Fly the Frickin' Skies")
Commercial jets can stop with just using brakes, but it is likely the wheels and brakes will need to be replaced..
Iranian is my first guess. Although the pilot could be an A Rab.
It doesn’t sound at all like panic.
I sure like my alive.
“Captain Alireza Johartchi”
Probably didn’t spend much time learning to fly in rain, or even learning to land. Looks like another DEI case.
I see what you said there.....
or “did there”
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