CO 737 off runway in DEN

[viper548]

Boeing 737 Goes Off Runway At DIA

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A Boeing 737 went off the end of a runway at Denver International Airport Saturday evening and smoke was coming from the aircraft, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

The flight was Continental Airlines flight 1404 and apparently left from Houston and was arriving in Denver.

It wasn't immediately known why the plane went off the runway.

The incident happened at about 6:20 p.m.

 

[aa73]

Hope all are OK. Someone else went off the end in JFK too. One of those days... be safe!

 

[viper548]

I heard about it from a friend who's mom works in a hospital. She said 14 injuries...not sure how serious

 

[WMUSIGPI]

Wow, doesn't DEN have the longest civilian runways in the country too (16000 ft)? That's quite a long way to roll without stopping.

 

[viper548]

Without pulling out the 10-9 I'm pretty sure all are at least 12,000ft

 

[tie1on]

rumor has it that the captain will turn 61 in january. I'll bet that the age 60 thing will be under scrutiny again. got the the new regs

 

[Cardinal]

Wow, doesn't DEN have the longest civilian runways in the country too (16000 ft)? That's quite a long way to roll without stopping.

Only 16R/34L is 16000 long. All the rest are 12000. Snowed a little last night (early Sat AM) less than an inch.

http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=106325&catid=339

Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Laura Brown says the aircraft went off the end of the runway as it was taking off Saturday night. She had no other details.

The aircraft was a Boeing 737 with 107 passengers and 5 crew members aboard.

King says there were no serious injuries.

However, according to officials at DIA, there was one injury, but crews don't know the extent of that injury.

Numerous emergency vehicles were dispatched to the airport, including several ambulances.

Officials at DIA say the accident occurred on runway 34 Right, around 6:18 p.m.

Crew members on the plane had to activate the evacuation chutes, according to DIA officials, in order to get everyone off the aircraft safely.

Officials at DIA say the plane did catch fire, but emergency crews were able to extinguish the blaze.

 

[ACL65PILOT]

I am glad that everyone made it out.

 

[Abernathy]

I think he meant that he is glad everyone got out of what would have been an obviously sh*tty visit to Texas.

 

[BigPappa]

Mach 80 gain control of yourself; breathe in....breathe out, keep doing that over and over.

That's right!