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Plane Slides Off Midway Runway
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Posted on 04/26/2011 12:42:51 PM PDT by nuconvert

No one was injured Tuesday afternoon after an airplane went off the runway at Midway Airport.

Southwest Flight 1919 was in Chicago from Denver when it slid off the runway and got stuck in the mud.

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcchicago.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aviation; chicago; cucago; midway; plane; southwestairlines
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To: dfwgator

Looks like Gate 17 it is!!!


41 posted on 04/26/2011 1:57:20 PM PDT by US_MilitaryRules (Where is our military?)
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To: dblshot
I thought they were talking about Midway island in the Pacific.

Same here, I was thinking it was a Goonie bird.

42 posted on 04/26/2011 2:04:30 PM PDT by BerryDingle (I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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To: nuconvert

I have about 400 - 500 take-offs or landings at Midway as a SW passenger.

Had a tire blow on one landing, that is the only event so far. The one that blew out to the street was in heavy winter conditions as I recall.

Give me Midway any day over O’Hara and the chain of nightmares for that airport and their carriers.


43 posted on 04/26/2011 2:32:19 PM PDT by KC Burke
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To: Moose4

Aircraft turned left at the end of Rwy 13C.


44 posted on 04/26/2011 5:26:57 PM PDT by ops33 (Senior Master Sergeant, USAF (Retired))
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To: downtownconservative

The runway the pilot was landing on Rwy 13C, is equipped with Engineered Material Arrestor Systems (EMAS). If you look closely at the picture you can see this system off the right wing of the aircraft. It looks like a short stack of squared material. It is designed to stop an aircraft that goes off the end of the runway. Go to youtube and search on EMAS for video on how the system works.


45 posted on 04/26/2011 5:34:23 PM PDT by ops33 (Senior Master Sergeant, USAF (Retired))
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