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contrail67

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SAN ANTONIO (AP) - A regional carrier jet ran off a runway at San Antonio International Airport after landing on a flight from Los Angeles.
Chicago-based United Airlines spokeswoman Megan McCarthy says none of the 52 passengers and four crew members on the United Express jet were injured. They were bused to the terminal.
McCarthy says United will work with SkyWest Airlines, the operator of the regional carrier, to try to determine what caused the aircraft to leave the runway.
San Antonio airport spokesman David Hebert says in a story on the San Antonio Express-News Web site that the plane appeared to be having some mechanical difficulties.
The accident closed the primary runway at the airport for about two hours. Its other runway was already closed for construction.


Any details what happened?
 
contrail67 said:
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - A regional carrier jet ran off a runway at San Antonio International Airport after landing on a flight from Los Angeles.
Chicago-based United Airlines spokeswoman Megan McCarthy says none of the 52 passengers and four crew members on the United Express jet were injured. They were bused to the terminal.
McCarthy says United will work with SkyWest Airlines, the operator of the regional carrier, to try to determine what caused the aircraft to leave the runway.
San Antonio airport spokesman David Hebert says in a story on the San Antonio Express-News Web site that the plane appeared to be having some mechanical difficulties.
The accident closed the primary runway at the airport for about two hours. Its other runway was already closed for construction.


Any details what happened?
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DEETS:
Captains iPod came unplugged from the I/C, causing him to lose his groove, F/O was re-gelling his hair and couldn't grab the yoke because his hands were to slippery to save the day! Oh well!
PBR
 
PBRstreetgang said:
DEETS:
Captains iPod came unplugged from the I/C, causing him to lose his groove, F/O was re-gelling his hair and couldn't grab the yoke because his hands were to slippery to save the day! Oh well!
PBR
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You owe me a new Diet Shasta Orange and Razer Lycosa!
 
PBRstreetgang said:
DEETS:
Captains iPod came unplugged from the I/C, causing him to lose his groove, F/O was re-gelling his hair and couldn't grab the yoke because his hands were to slippery to save the day! Oh well!
PBR
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By the way PBR the captain of this flight who i looked up (#250) has probably been here longer than you. I doubt he has an ipod, he was probably trying to figure out how to play his vinyl record through the i/c.
 
I've read on other forums that it wasn't a runway and that they might have had trouble controlling the airplane as they taxied to the gate after landing. Glad no one was hurt.
 
Was the treadmill feature on the landing surface inoperative? That could account for a lot.

Or maybe it was a landing to the west with the earth's rotation making the runway pass underneath too fast (it's going 1000 knots at the equator!).
 
contrail67 said:
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - A regional carrier jet ran off a runway at San Antonio International Airport after landing on a flight from Los Angeles.
Chicago-based United Airlines spokeswoman Megan McCarthy says none of the 52 passengers and four crew members on the United Express jet were injured. They were bused to the terminal.
McCarthy says United will work with SkyWest Airlines, the operator of the regional carrier, to try to determine what caused the aircraft to leave the runway.
San Antonio airport spokesman David Hebert says in a story on the San Antonio Express-News Web site that the plane appeared to be having some mechanical difficulties.
The accident closed the primary runway at the airport for about two hours. Its other runway was already closed for construction.


Any details what happened?
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It was a regional jet, operated by a regional airline, flown by regional pilots. 'Nuff said
 
CoolSidePillow said:
It was a regional jet, operated by a regional airline, flown by regional pilots. 'Nuff said
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Yeah, everyone knows, only regional airlines crash airplanes, only regional jets have mechanical failures, and only regional pilots make mistakes!

One only has to look at the perfect record of every major airline to know...uh...never mind.
 
Rez O. Lewshun said:
XPOO and Walter... no comment?
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I'm not the company spokesperson, however, these incidents are the exact reason why SkyWest has the ASAP program in place.

Main thing about this incident is that no one was even minorly injured and that, above all else, is paramount.

Nothing else to talk about here, move on. Don't you and your party have some mini USA flags to leave in boxes next to the dumpster?
 

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