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For an Airbus A320, a landing speed of 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) higher than normal can result in as much as a 25% increase in the runway length needed to stop an aircraft. Wet weather can also significantly reduce the braking performance of aircraft, leading to an increase in the minimum runway length requirement. [27]
Ural Airlines Flight 1383 was a scheduled flight from Sochi/Adler to Omsk in Russia. On 12 September 2023, the Airbus A320-214 operating the flight and carrying 159 passengers and 6 crew made an emergency landing in a field.
Philippine Airlines Flight 137, an Airbus A320 (RP-C3222) that overran the runway and crashed into a residential area in 1998 at Bacolod City Domestic Airport. American Airlines Flight 1420 , a McDonnell Douglas MD-80 (N215AA) that overran the runway and crashed in 1999 at Little Rock National Airport .
The aircraft involved was an Airbus A320-214, [23] built by Airbus Industrie in 2004, with registration AP-BLD and MSN 2274, and owned by GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS). [24] [8] The plane was powered by two CFM International CFM56-5B4/P engines, [25] [24] which were most recently installed in February and May 2019. [18]
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At 11:46 p.m. local time, Air Canada Flight 759, carrying 135 passengers and 5 crew members, [4] was cleared to land on Runway 28R. The adjacent Runway 28L had been closed at 10 p.m. local time and its lights were off, [6] except for a 20.5-foot-wide (6.2 m) lighted flashing "X" at the eastern runway threshold. [7]
The last major fatal crash in the U.S. was in 2009. While no mode of transportation is completely without risk, there are many systems in place to keep airplanes moving safely.
At the time, Capt. Al Haynes was hailed in much the same way as US Airways pilot Chesley Sullenberger, who safely ditched his Airbus A320 into the Hudson River in New York in 2009. The legacy of ...