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To: yankeedame
Continental Airlines Flight 1404 was taxiing along the runway at Denver International Airport . . .

A plane does not veer that far off course just taxiing unless the pilot and copilot were unconscious.

22 posted on 12/22/2008 8:09:26 AM PST by Andyman (The truth shall make you FReep.)
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To: Andyman
A plane does not veer that far off course just taxiing unless the pilot and copilot were unconscious.

One of the passengers who was interviewed said they were
rolling to take off, the nose went up twice and banged down,
then they started veering to the left.

24 posted on 12/22/2008 8:14:39 AM PST by Uri’el-2012 (Psalm 78:35 And they remembered that God was their ROCK, And the Most High God their Redeemer.)
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To: Andyman

It does if you have bad brakes, and it pulls when the brakes are applied. Or, even, blowouts from the sudden emergency braking. Add to that an Easterly cross wind of 25kts or more, and you have a plane “veering” to the North-West, as this one did.

I’m anxious to find out why the takeoff was aborted.


72 posted on 12/22/2008 3:00:55 PM PST by papasmurf (Impeach the illegal bastard!)
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