CO 737 off runway in DEN

[dsee8driver]

DENVER -- A Continental Airlines jet taking off from Denver International Airport Saturday night veered off the runway, plunging into a ravine and catching fire, forcing 112 passengers and crew members to evacuate on emergency slides and then flee uphill to safety.

The passengers were treated and triaged at the airport and 38 people were transported to the hospital, said Denver International Airport manager of aviation Kim Day. Ten people were transported to Denver Health, nine people to University of Colorado Hospital, four people to Swedish Medical Center and 15 to Aurora Medical Center.

There were no deaths involved and the majority of the injuries were minor, the airport said. Fourteen people have moderate injuries and the rest have minor injuries, said Denver Health spokesman Scott Bookman. University of Colorado Hospital said two of its patients were initially listed in fair condition but are now listed in critical with fractures.
Continental Flight 1404 was leaving Denver for Houston at 6:18 p.m., when something went wrong, said Laura Brown, spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administration.

The sequence of the events remains unclear but airport officials said the Boeing 737 had traveled 2,000 feet down the runway when it suddenly veered 200 feet from Runway 34 Right and down a ravine.


Just wondering...

At DIA 2000' down the runway is not very far. If they were using MAX power, with an engine failure, that's a pretty good yaw and pretty close to VMCG, (73 drivers?) and if runway is slippery at all, with strong winds, I can see getting off the runway very easily.


Great job by the ENTIRE crew getting everyone out safely...

 

[threcixty]

Well atleast "2drinksbehind" seemed to be happy at the outcome! Pretty incredible.. They were probably going over 100 and no one died.. Guess that's the important part..
fwiw..

 

[pilotgolfer]

This never would of happened if PoconoPilot were flying.

 

[contrail67]

She is a "superpilot".

 

[viper548]

This never would of happened if PoconoPilot were flying.

I'm shocked she hasn't chimed in already

 

[landlover]

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

this made my day.

 

[whatitdoing?]

Anyone want to bet CAL will start a furlough of 10 pilots as a result of this hull loss?

 

[ClubORD]

Anyone want to bet CAL will start a furlough of 10 pilots as a result of this hull loss?

Show some class man.

 

[Daddy]

So a plane goes off the runway and the firefighters call it "out of a movie" and "surreal"? What the hole did they expect?

I found it surreal that they were so shocked by an actual mishap scene...maybe they should hire a few guys off the flight deck/NASCAR crash crews or even the fire dept. I mean if this minor mishap is "surreal" what will they do when there is real carnage and the smell of burning bodies? Can you imagine hearing that from your surgeon? "Wow...the blood and stuff was really gross...everyone in the OR hurled...we were all just so grossed out...I think we stopped the bleeding though"

 

[Whine Lover]

I call a burning aircraft something a little different than a "minor mishap". But then again, I have been accused of being overly sensitive.

If the man had said "it was like a nightmare" or "something out of a bad dream" would you feel more comfortable?

I think the term surreal is absolutely appropriate and indicates no lack of professionalism whatsoever.

How many burning aircraft have you witnessed?

I, thankfully, have never witnessed any, and I bet these fella's hadn't either.

If I had witnessed such a thing...well, I might describe it as "surreal".

As a matter of fact, this post is taking on a somewhat surreal tone right now...and that's for real.

Really.


YKMKR

 

[pilotgolfer]

I call a burning aircraft something a little different than a "minor mishap". But then again, I have been accused of being overly sensitive.

If the man had said "it was like a nightmare" or "something out of a bad dream" would you feel more comfortable?

I think the term surreal is absolutely appropriate and indicates no lack of professionalism whatsoever.

How many burning aircraft have you witnessed?

I, thankfully, have never witnessed any, and I bet these fella's hadn't either.




YKMKR

Didn't your hat burn up when the DC-10 burned to the ground in Chicago?

 

[ACT700]

Below is a comment made by one of you experts.
Moron. Morons. All of them. STFU.
Scary, if that imbecile really does teach students to fly. Another 20 years and I won't fly as a pax anymore.


http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=106332&catid=339
cheifpilot wrote:
Ok this is rare for me to comment but, to all the other Pilots out there. After V1 you continue!!!!!!!!!!!! hopefully you will get to V2 and then rotate. Stoping after passing V1 (the decision speed for all non pilots) is sure to end in a major accident. Yes I teach Pilots to fly and I would have my students ass, if they reject or attempt to reject take-off after V1. I dont care if the engine falls off, you still continue. Even if both powerplants fail you still attempt the take off and put it down somewhere you determine safe within the "captian" breifing prior to take off roll.
12/21/2008 10:24 AM PST on 9news.com

 

[Stifler's Mom]

He can't even spell "cheif" correctly.

 

[trip]

Or "captian" breifing

 

[AWACoff]

I don't care who you are. If both of your engines fail after V1, you gotta continue!

With all of the spelling errors and the complete lack of intelligence, there is no doubt in my mind that "cheifpilot" is a member of FlightInfo.

 

[Jonny Sacko]

.....

 

[say again]

I don't care who you are. If both of your engines fail after V1, you gotta continue!

With all of the spelling errors and the complete lack of intelligence, there is no doubt in my mind that "cheifpilot" is a member of FlightInfo.

Hahahaha. Very true. Now the fun part of guessing who it is begins.

 

[2dotslow]

Metar

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[ACT700]

He can't even spell "cheif" correctly.

Well, I did give him the benefit of the doubt on that one, thinking maybe "chief.." was already taken.

My posts were removed, not surprisingly; I think what did it, is my offer for free a$$beatings to all morons in front of the Pepsi Center.

Man, this MS Flt. Sim generation is one scary bunch of "your captains of tomorrow". Like I've said before, in 15-20 years from now I don't think I'll be flying as a passenger anymore.

 

[MCDU]

Lucky that this happened in DIA. Most airports do not have all that flat open space around the Rwy's. This could have been alot worse, with many deaths had this happened at some other airport. The plane is way off the runway and was lucky enough to have no obstacles in its way.

M

 

[Heywood Jablomi]

Most airports do not have all that flat open space around the Rwy's.

WHAT??????????????

http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/tex...rgn=div5&view=text&node=14:2.0.1.4.26&idno=14

 

[Whine Lover]

" With all of the spelling errors and the complete lack of intelligence, there is no doubt in my mind that "cheifpilot" is a member of FlightInfo."

Likewise, there is no doubt in my mind that he REALLY IS a Chief Pilot somewhere and snarfing on some Company D!ck even as we speak.

YKMKR

 

[BeachBummer]

Anyone want to bet CAL will start a furlough of 10 pilots as a result of this hull loss?

Not true... ATA did something similar with one of the L10's back when didn't they. It's worth more money if it burns.

J\J

glad all were safe

 

[MCDU]

WHAT??????????????

http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/tex...rgn=div5&view=text&node=14:2.0.1.4.26&idno=14

Look how far away the plane is for the runway. If this had happened in LAX or MIA the plane would have hit something.
M

 

[pilotgolfer]

Not true... ATA did something similar with one of the L10's back when didn't they. It's worth more money if it burns.

J\J

glad all were safe

It was actually a DC-10. It was much more valuable as a pile of ashes as it was an airplane.

 

[Whine Lover]

ATA is much more valuable as a pile of ashes than it was as an airline.

YKMKR

 

[mamba20]

Anyone want to bet CAL will start a furlough of 10 pilots as a result of this hull loss?

Whats it like having anal herpes?

 

[Turbine Pilot]

Actually DIA has an awesome fire dept. I have had a few things happen and they were there in no time. They get the DIA job because they are senior so they have already done the normal stuff on the street. These DIA guys are/were always very quick to respond and ready to deal with what ever is thrown at them. Calling it Surreal is what it was. It was real, not practice. Like all pilots train, but never have that engine failure, yet when you do it is "surreal". I know, I have had one. It was "surreal" forsure! Really, how many firefighters have blazing fires of fuel with a hundred people scattering all over in the dark at night, try not to run them over on the way to the plane to put out the fire, and have to figure out that mess too. It doesn't happen that often. Thank goodness. These guys did an AWESOME JOB! As for the crew, we will see. Those runways were GOOD braking. Windshear shouldn't be enough to blow that size a plane off the runway if the pilots did add the correction. We will see what the NTSB says. Either way, glad no one was hurt, crew evacuated quickly, and did a pretty good job. Those bumps was the plane hitting two elevated service roads that are pretty elevated. That is what tore the plane apart. Otherwise, it is pretty flat.

 

[BeachBummer]

It was actually a DC-10. It was much more valuable as a pile of ashes as it was an airplane.

AH, i knew it had tree engines! :angryfire

 

[roughneck]

Please pray for the crew and thier families as well as those who were injured. It could have been much worse.