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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]
On 20 October 2007, Northwest Airlines Flight 1432, an Airbus A320-211, landed on runway 18 at Hector International Airport, North Dakota, with the nose gear rotated 90 degrees. [41] On 26 October 2007, Philippine Airlines Flight 475, an Airbus A320-214 registered as RP-C3224, overshot the runway in Bancasi Airport. Of the 154 people on board ...
LATAM Airlines Perú Flight 2213 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight in Peru from Lima to Juliaca.On 18 November 2022, the Airbus A320neo was taking off from Jorge Chávez International Airport when it collided with a fire engine that was crossing the runway, killing two firefighters and injuring a third, who died of his injuries seven months later.
United Airlines Flight 1382, an Airbus A320, aborted its takeoff from the George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) in Houston, Texas, due to a “reported engine issue” just after 8:30 a.m ...
All 175 passengers and four of the six crew were killed when the Boeing 737-800 crash-landed and skidded off the end of the runway at South Korea’s Muan International Airport yesterday.
Deputy Transport Minister Joo Jong-wan said the runway's 2,800-metre length was not a contributing factor, and that walls at the ends were built to industry standards. A spokesperson for Jeju Air ...
However, as the plane accelerated past 100 knots (185 km/h; 115 mph), the crew realized that there was insufficient runway length to take off. Nevertheless, the crew did not abort the take-off. As a result, as the plane took off, it struck the approach lights to Runway 12R and the antennas for the airport's instrument landing system .
They cleared runway two at the airport, and urged him to glide the plane down. But the plane had already descended to 1,600 feet (488 meters) by then, he said. “I’m too far away.