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Offline Ripsnort

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Southwest 737 slides off runway at Midway
« Reply #75 on: December 12, 2005, 09:36:47 AM »
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Originally posted by RAIDER14
it wasn't pilot error:)

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-12-10-midway-crash_x.htm
I'm not sure how you came to that conclusion...the 737 can stop in 4,500 feet without thrusters and the NTSB has not cleared the pilots yet...anyway, it seems the jury is still out.

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Southwest 737 slides off runway at Midway
« Reply #76 on: December 12, 2005, 09:38:32 AM »
Riding jumpseat without actually jumping is like going to a strip club to read a book.
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Southwest 737 slides off runway at Midway
« Reply #77 on: December 12, 2005, 10:15:42 AM »
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Riding jumpseat without actually jumping is like going to a strip club to read a book.
Or reading recipes in a Better Homes and Garden magazine when you're on a diet...:D

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Southwest 737 slides off runway at Midway
« Reply #78 on: December 12, 2005, 10:40:20 AM »
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Originally posted by Chairboy
Burbank.



well I guess it was not snow related then :)