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The plane lifted off the runway at 170 kn (200 mph; 310 km/h), and began to roll from side to side [1]: 4 just under 50 ft (15 m) above the ground. The MD-82's rate of climb was greatly reduced as a result of the flaps not being extended, [ 1 ] : 67 and about 2,760 ft (840 m) past the end of runway 3C, the plane's left wing struck a light pole ...
On December 3, 1990, two Northwest Airlines jetliners collided at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport. Flight 1482, a scheduled Douglas DC-9-14 operating from Detroit to Pittsburgh International Airport, taxied by mistake onto an active runway in dense fog and was hit by a departing Boeing 727 operating as Flight 299 to Memphis International Airport.
A southeasterly wind would normally favor landing into the wind on Runway 13 Center. The runway visual range was reported at 4,500 feet (1,400 m), below the landing minimums for the instrument landing system approach to Runway 13C. The only available runway with lower minimums was the opposite direction on 31C, which the crew selected, with the ...
The plane aborted takeoff in high winds at 2:55 p.m. EST, and after heavy braking, it slid off the runway, the school said in a statement. The plane was evacuated safely with no serious injuries ...
So when Delta’s Bombardier CRJ900 crash-landed Monday, tipped over and skidded down the runway, its fuel-laden right wing broke off, leaving behind a massive inferno. The plane continued ...
'The airport is temporarily closed while we take measures to assure adequate braking conditions have been established,' officials said on Twitter.
A Boeing 737-700 operated by the new Eastern Air Lines as Flight 3452—carrying Mike Pence, then the Republican vice presidential nominee and the governor of Indiana—skidded off Runway 22 after landing. The aircraft was ultimately stopped by the EMAS bed just before the Grand Central Parkway. No one was injured in the incident.
US Airways Express Flight 3758 airplane slid off the runway while landing at T.F. Green Airport on December 16, 2007. The flight, carrying 31 passengers and three crew members from Philadelphia, slid off the runway after landing shortly before 5 pm. No injuries were reported and the incident was assumed to be related to the weather. [160]