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Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 Smashes Wing During Turbulent, Vomit-Inducing Landing Attempt
If at first you don't succeed, as the saying goes, try, try again...and if that still doesn't work, divert to another airport. At least, that seems to be the version of the axiom followed by the pilots of a commercial airliner earlier this week: On Monday, a Boeing 737 flown by Southwest Airlines was forced to abort its landing at Connecticut's Bradley International Airport after three failed attempts to land in high winds, including one that caused the aircraft's wing to… (www.thedrive.com) Plus d'info...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
This cowboy flight crew should be fired and the airline tellig their pilots that hencefort such actions shall not be done.
there is a video shown many times with regard to aircraft and weather and winds,where a plane is literally pushed sideways while trying to land,bounces around and finally makes it..pilots have the weather information available, and its their discretion to land or go around or even divert if needed,,with radar and assist from the tower..there are also windshear and windspeed devices..
Why do these so called journalists use words like "slaps", "scraping", and "bucking"??? Is it an attempt to demonize aviation? Or just to scare pax?
Sure, let's get back to horse and buggys because it's safer. Ooops, one can fall off a horse. Instead, let's all just WALK!!! Idiots!!!!!!
BTW. 30 mph winds?! Uh, that is 26 knots. So, unless it was a direct crosswind... Maybe pilot inexperience(?)
Sure, let's get back to horse and buggys because it's safer. Ooops, one can fall off a horse. Instead, let's all just WALK!!! Idiots!!!!!!
BTW. 30 mph winds?! Uh, that is 26 knots. So, unless it was a direct crosswind... Maybe pilot inexperience(?)
They're just ramping up so they'll be ready with the right spin when/if the GND takes effect. This way they'll be able to point back to pre-GND stories and say they've been warning us for years.
This is coming from the same airline that declared a "Trump like Maintenance Emergency" . . . Geez, I only fly SouthWest, now I have to start thinking about it . . .
Another story that makes me so glad I rarely use the airlines. If I was on that flight I believe I would have tried to storm the cockpit before the third attempt.