SWA flight lands at O'Hare

[Dangerkitty]

It feels like a little more than sitting at your computer and a little less than a 60deg coordinated turn.

Thats strange. I have almost 8000 hours and I dont seem to remember pulling 1+G's on takeoff which "influenced perception and induced acute physiological distortion."

Maybe I am doing something wrong.

Hey 9GClub with all your 40 hours of experience flying the heavy iron such as a C-152 and a BE-35 can you help me out?

Should I be more aggressive when pitching to V2?

 

[9GClub]

Should I be more aggressive when pitching to V2?

Not unless you wanna bend it. =)


I've apparently posted some noteworthy stuff on this board, but I don't ever recall claiming to be holier than thou. We green flyers respect you 564,000-hour PIC jet time guys, and most of the time we're just trying to learn.



Be nice.

 

[VampyreGTX]

Back to the topic at hand, according to the AP:

Southwest jet makes emergency landing
Bird sucked into jet engine


December 29, 2005 - A Southwest Airlines jet was forced to make an emergency landing at O'Hare Airport after colliding with a bird during takeoff from Midway.

Flight 111 was on its way to Philadelphia when a bird was apparently sucked into one of the 737's engines, causing it to shut down. Southwest officials say they decided to send the plane to O'Hare because it was a full flight and needed a longer runway.

The plane landed without incident. No one was hurt. A second Southwest Airlines jet was sent to O'Hare to take the stranded passengers on to Philadelphia.

 

[Dangerkitty]

Not unless you wanna bend it. =)


I've apparently posted some noteworthy stuff on this board, but I don't ever recall claiming to be holier than thou. We green flyers respect you 564,000-hour PIC jet time guys, and most of the time we're just trying to learn.



Be nice.

Tell you what. You stop making fun of accidents and aircraft that were involved with a child losing his life and I will stop making fun of the probably one statement that you have made on flightinfo. Deal?

 

[9GClub]

Tell you what. You stop making fun of accidents and aircraft that were involved with a child losing his life and I will stop making fun of the. . . . statement that you have made on flightinfo. Deal?

Deal, I apologize for my tastelessness.

 

[WMUchickenhawk]

Tell you what. You stop making fun of accidents and aircraft that were involved with a child losing his life and I will stop making fun of the probably one statement that you have made on flightinfo. Deal?

Give the guy a break. FN FAL's comment was even more tasteless, yet I didnt see you chastise him.

 

[FN FAL]

Give the guy a break. FN FAL's comment was even more tasteless, yet I didnt see you chastise him.

Whew...I thought I made three tasteless comments, but who's counting?

 

[Fury220]

I see "9G Club" as the user name, then check the rest of the profile to find "<40." You're already fighting a losing battle, mi amigo.

At least you had the SA to apologize and STFU. That's more than some members of this board can say.


On topic: I wonder what CNN was saying when they broke the news... "This continues a string of problems for SWA..." or something like that...I bet. Idiots.

Furthermore...do you think that the previous incident factored into the decision to land at O'Hare? I'd put my money on that. Smart move.

 

[canyonblue737]

Furthermore...do you think that the previous incident factored into the decision to land at O'Hare? I'd put my money on that. Smart move.

For sure it DIDN'T. The onboard computer that calculates landing distances would show that a one engine landing at Flap 15 at a heavy weight would require a longer runway than MDW has. This is often noted before the takeoff and the plan is to go to O'Hare if anything happens.

 

[Fury220]

For sure it DIDN'T. The onboard computer that calculates landing distances would show that a one engine landing at Flap 15 at a heavy weight would require a longer runway than MDW has. This is often noted before the takeoff and the plan is to go to O'Hare if anything happens.

Noted. Makes sense.

 

[BlueBusDriver]

the bottom line is .............

I'm glad that no one was hurt (bird not included).
It sounds like the crew did a great job during a bad situation.

BBD

 

[WMUchickenhawk]

Whew...I thought I made three tasteless comments, but who's counting?

I've been lurking here for a few months, my tolerances for tastelessness are pretty high, so I probably just looked right past them.

 

[737tanker]

For sure it DIDN'T. The onboard computer that calculates landing distances would show that a one engine landing at Flap 15 at a heavy weight would require a longer runway than MDW has. This is often noted before the takeoff and the plan is to go to O'Hare if anything happens.

SWA crews have routinely been briefing that we would divert to ORD in case of an engine loss on takeoff from MDW. In fact it was so routine that a couple of years ago SWA got a message from the FAA that the inspectors doing linechecks out of MDW were bothered by the fact that crews were not even considering a return to MDW.

 

[say again]

I said 1+ Gs dudes, by which I meant positive linear acceleration sufficient to influence perception and induce acute physiological distortion-- which doesn't happen unless it's more than 1G.

English man!!!! English.

 

[Gorilla]

I'm sure the Midway-Ohare pairing for emergencies for SWA is as common as the LGA-JFK pairing is for just about everyone. Who wants to take a max GW jet back to a dinky little airport when a wide-open mega runway awaits just moments away.