CO 737 off runway in DEN

[blzr]

I guess it takes one to know one.

The play on words here could be endless..abort, abortion, late term abortion.. ok, now that THAT is out of the way, lets keep the thread on track.

 

[blzr]

He modorator, how'd I do?

is it 12:00 already.. guess I better get up and start my day.

 

[pilotgolfer]

Is there any word on how the Captain is doing? Is he out of the hospital yet?

Happy New Year

 

[ATRedneck]

Is there any word on how the Captain is doing? Is he out of the hospital yet?

Happy New Year

He got out about the 26th or 27th. He's back home in Houston, but don't know if he's in the hospital, a rehab facility, home or what.

 

[SuperFLUF]

Is there any word on how the Captain is doing? Is he out of the hospital yet?

Happy New Year

He was released from the Denver hospital (Christmas day I think).

http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_11315037

I had been told that the local Houston news had video of him walking down the jetway stairs and getting in to an ambulance for transport to a local Houston area hospital. I can not find any such story in the local news archives that I've searched, though.

 

[flynryan15]

ROTFLMAO:laugh: It takes one to know one!

 

[flynryan15]

I guess it takes one to know one.

ROTFLMAO

 

[slaquer5]

I guess it takes one to know one.

That is to good but I am thinking sad but true.

 

[SuperFLUF]

moving the jet New Year's day

http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_11330465

 

[glasspilot]

So....what happened? Was he over 60? Did they really abort after V1?

 

[EWR_FO]

So....what happened? Was he over 60? Did they really abort after V1?

1) He is not even close to sixty.

2) Since they departed the runway about 200 feet INTO the takeoff roll, I'm guessing no.

 

[pilotdiscretion]

Crazy Denver style cross winds are moving to the top of the list of probable causes. There are several LLWAS sensors around the runway that recorded a lot of wind information. The NTSB will be looking at that data after the new year.

My sources tell me that the captain has a broken back and that everyone else who was interviewed said he was yelling at them to get off the airplane first. Then he hobbled off the airplane behind the first officer taking time to look into the cabin and see if there were still passengers on board. If this is true then I nominate the captain of CAL 1404 for man of the year award.

 

[Amish RakeFight]

My sources tell me that the captain has a broken back and that everyone else who was interviewed said he was yelling at them to get off the airplane first. Then he hobbled off the airplane behind the first officer taking time to look into the cabin and see if there were still passengers on board. If this is true then I nominate the captain of CAL 1404 for man of the year award.

That was very noble of him. Not to take anything away from his valor, but I would have done the same thing as would many others. After all, this should be done out of duty. You are the captain, you know.

 

[atrdriver]

That was very noble of him. Not to take anything away from his valor, but I would have done the same thing as would many others. After all, this should be done out of duty. You are the captain, you know.

You don't have any idea what you would do in that situation, because you have never been in it. You know what you think you would do, or what you have been trained to do. There is a big difference between the two.

 

[BigRed1]

1) He is not even close to sixty.

2) Since they departed the runway about 200 feet INTO the takeoff roll, I'm guessing no.

I am based in DEN. The plane actullay started to veer of the runway around 2,500 feet. I was in my full A319 going to the East coast (probably same weight or a bit heavier than the 737 to IAH) last week and marked my airspeed at the same point in the takeoff roll. It was 110 Kts!