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Title: Southwest Flight 1919 from KDEN to KMDW stuck in mud after sliding off runway
Post by: avalon on April 26, 2011, 03:46:50 PM

http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Southwest-Jet-Slides-Off-Chicago-Runway-120722299.html

(http://media.nbcdfw.com/images/654*368/midway-plane-2.jpg)

Title: Re: Southwest Flight 1919 from KDEN to KMDW stuck in mud after sliding off runway
Post by: avalon on April 26, 2011, 05:20:24 PM

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The airline is making outreach to each Customer onboard the flight to refund their roundtrip and issue them two complimentary roundtrip passes as a gesture of goodwill.

Obviously this wasn't a very profitable flight for Southwest Airlines.

http://www.blogsouthwest.com/news/southwest-airlines-releases-second-statement-regarding-flight-1919-chicago-midway

Title: Re: Southwest Flight 1919 from KDEN to KMDW stuck in mud after sliding off runway
Post by: toeknee25 on April 26, 2011, 06:02:37 PM

Well at least he had ENOUGH control of the a/c to veer it to the left of the EMAS. Wouldn't want to ruin too much of the a/c and delay ops at Midway any longer. I'm sure it takes a while for a plane to be removed from the EMAS than it is from the grass

Title: Re: Southwest Flight 1919 from KDEN to KMDW stuck in mud after sliding off runway
Post by: alltheway on April 26, 2011, 06:36:20 PM

Quote from: toeknee25 on April 26, 2011, 06:02:37 PM

Well at least he had ENOUGH control of the a/c to veer it to the left of the EMAS. Wouldn't want to ruin too much of the a/c and delay ops at Midway any longer. I'm sure it takes a while for a plane to be removed from the EMAS than it is from the grass

definitely !

This EMAS is constructed so that the nose gear will have severe damage.
If the concrete blocks where like a sawtooth the nosegear breaks the blocks on top of eachother and reduce significant damage to the assembly...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45IcXrqRjEY

Title: Re: Southwest Flight 1919 from KDEN to KMDW stuck in mud after sliding off runway
Post by: joeyb747 on April 27, 2011, 07:35:56 PM

http://www.avherald.com/h?article=43b97979&opt=0

Title: Re: Southwest Flight 1919 from KDEN to KMDW stuck in mud after sliding off runway
Post by: StrongDreams on May 03, 2011, 03:07:04 PM

Quote from: joeyb747 on April 27, 2011, 07:35:56 PM

http://www.avherald.com/h?article=43b97979&opt=0

According to the METARs, the winds were from 180 to 210 in the hours before and after the crash.  Anyone know why Midway would be operating runway 13 in those conditions instead of 22?