[Greysard]

What do you mean by catastrophe?

From the article:

Only after unloading the plane, did Mr. Scheiffer notice the gravity of the situation, noting “we have all deplaned from @SouthwestAir 4013, and the mood is somber now that we realized we were 40 feet from the edge of a cliff.”

I am sure that the landing would not be considered flawless were the aircraft to travel just 40 feet more. It's so bad that they cannot safely take off. What are they going to do, to extend the runway or to cut the airplane into pieces?

[Jack Hydrazine]

Like I said before they can empty the aircraft of passengers and cargo and it’ll take off safely.

[xjcsa]

It's so bad that they cannot safely take off. What are they going to do, to extend the runway or to cut the airplane into pieces?

They're saying they are going to be able to take off. No payload and light fuel, with a decent headwind, should make it reasonably safe.

[Cvengr]

JATO