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Link to Fox news Atlanta with a little more info as to what may have happened.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,470784,00.html

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From what I read somewhere (don’t have the source handy) the 737 was taking off on a northbound runway at Denver, but the winds at the time were from the west at about 20-25 knots and gusting higher. Why they hadn’t switched to using a westbound runway, who knows, the airport might have been in the process of switching. But if that article’s right, then yeah, a rejected takeoff in a heavy crosswind could’ve caused the pilots to lose control and the plane to “weathervane” in the wind and turn left off the runway. Once it hit the dirt, the wild ride would start.

Now the questions are—why was the takeoff rejected, and why would they be taking off in conditions that *might* exceed the maximum allowed crosswind component for a 737?

}:-)4

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Link to Fox news Atlanta with a little more info as to what may have happened.

Thanks for link. It was a little tough to take the article too seriously, though. The writer kept mentioning "landing gears" . . .