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To: gpapa

It sounds as if the pilot had a seizure or something, and instead of braking and reversing the engines he managed to speed up instead. It certainly seems like more than just hydroplaning on the wet runway.

I don’t know if the co-pilot would have time to intervene in such a situation.


8 posted on 07/19/2007 8:38:29 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Cicero

I think he may have realized too late that he was in deep stuff and accelerated to try to lift off.


13 posted on 07/19/2007 8:44:23 PM PDT by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists...call 'em what you will...They ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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To: Cicero

The way I hear it, the pilot was probably trying to take off again... At that airport, if you don’t land early your supposed to try and get off the ground again.

The recorders will tell the full story.


14 posted on 07/19/2007 8:45:05 PM PDT by acw011 (Texan livin Up North.)
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To: Cicero

NBC Nightly had a security camera clip of the plane landing. It was hard to estimate the speed but it did seem very fast for a landing.


52 posted on 07/20/2007 7:27:02 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (BTUs are my Beat.)
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