December 28, 201114 yr They shoulda used the PMDG for the animation :-)http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2011/12/southwest-plane-blows-two-tires-during-takeoff/ Jay
December 28, 201114 yr Wow, kudos to SW for a good save. One of the pax says that they heard a loud pop and then the pilot put the nose back down on the runway. Guess they aborted after V1.Good job SW. Still the only major airline to never have a fatality.American Airlines probably won't be the last major network carrier to declare bankruptsy, that is, as long as Southwest and Jetblue keeps taking the marketshare from the other carriers. JB Buzz313th
December 28, 201114 yr The whole V1 thing is overrated :) System specs: Dual core E6300 (1.86g X 2), 2gb RAM, nvidea7800GT, Saitek yoke, CH throttle (6 lever), Soundblaster live.Add-ons: FSX: LDS767, FSL Concorde, FT E175/195, PMDG 747X/737X, Active Sky E, some freeware airports.Human specs: Desktop simulation since FS1, beta tester (LDS, FSL), 737NG simulator tech (Threshold Aviation), r sole+.
December 28, 201114 yr The whole V1 thing is overrated :)Personally, I think they made the right decision. PIC can do what he/she feels is the right decision. They have the final word. They just need to explain afterwards. Lots of company procedural changes are made after evaluating incidents like these. Who knows, maybe his decision was with company procedure.JB Buzz313th
December 28, 201114 yr Absolutely the right decision...everyone got home safely. Some airports after V1 I could take off and land twice before running out of runway. 'Runway behind me'...isn't that one of the four or five most useless things in aviation? :)Happy HO HO. System specs: Dual core E6300 (1.86g X 2), 2gb RAM, nvidea7800GT, Saitek yoke, CH throttle (6 lever), Soundblaster live.Add-ons: FSX: LDS767, FSL Concorde, FT E175/195, PMDG 747X/737X, Active Sky E, some freeware airports.Human specs: Desktop simulation since FS1, beta tester (LDS, FSL), 737NG simulator tech (Threshold Aviation), r sole+.
December 28, 201114 yr Author "'Runway behind me'...isn't that one of the four or five most useless things in aviation? :)"Runway behind you, altitude above you, and the fuel you didnt put in the tank :-) Jay
December 28, 201114 yr Commercial Member I am sorry to all those who may be offended,but I HATE American news channels. Everything is like the armageddon and its the end of the world.Everything in that report was blown so out of proportion that it would be a comedy sketch here in UK/Europe.really gets to me Alex Ridge Join Fswakevortex here! YOUTUBE and FACEBOOK
December 28, 201114 yr Author I am sorry to all those who may be offended,but I HATE American news channels. Everything is like the armageddon and its the end of the world.Everything in that report was blown so out of proportion that it would be a comedy sketch here in UK/Europe.really gets to meAircraft problems are always news, and they come in "3's".... the other 2 today were a United CRJ that lost an engine in Burlington VT and a private jet that had a problem and went through a fence in Ft Lauderdale.......I dont see anything "blown out of proportion" in that report. Jay
December 28, 201114 yr I am sorry to all those who may be offended,but I HATE American news channels. Everything is like the armageddon and its the end of the world.Everything in that report was blown so out of proportion that it would be a comedy sketch here in UK/Europe.really gets to me+1thx Ian Ian C. McCulloch 'What would one do without Malt Whisky? Slainte Mhath' It only can get better
December 28, 201114 yr must have been a slow news day. Hardly news worthy imho. Nothing thats not happend 300 times before with no real fuss. Andrew Simmons Intel i7 950+Corsair H70. 6 Gig ram Kingston Hyperx 1600Mhz ASUS GTX560 Ti (900mhz core/1800Shader/2100Memory) 1T Cavier Black HD + 1T Cavier Green for backup jobs. Win7 64 Bit Asus X58A-UD3R (Rev2) OCZ 600w PSU DA-20 Katana Diamond (Aerosoft) A2A B377 (Captain of the Ship) Flightsim Labs ConcordeX. TM Warthog/TIR5/REX2/ASE/Topcat/RadarContact4/FSX PMDG MD-11/J41/Old737NG/747-400x /IFly737FSX/A2A Spitfire/A2A B-17 Accusim
December 28, 201114 yr I am sorry to all those who may be offended,but I HATE American news channels. Everything is like the armageddon and its the end of the world.Everything in that report was blown so out of proportion that it would be a comedy sketch here in UK/Europe.really gets to meToo funny....How else do you think our privately owned News orginazations are gonna increase their ratings?Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the BBC still government funded? If so, no real need to scare the people into watching the tube..JB Buzz313th
December 28, 201114 yr Just remember, almost all newscasters have absolutely NO idea about how a commercial jet works. This in turn, makes them think that this is 'an un-practiced, unusual event'. No doubt unusual, but certainly not a new thing to pilots.All for a story,
December 28, 201114 yr Wow, kudos to SW for a good save. One of the pax says that they heard a loud pop and then the pilot put the nose back down on the runway. Guess they aborted after V1.Good job SW. Still the only major airline to never have a fatality.American Airlines probably won't be the last major network carrier to declare bankruptsy, that is, as long as Southwest and Jetblue keeps taking the marketshare from the other carriers.JBI guess the young boy killed when the Southwest aircraft overshot the runway at Midway doesn't count?
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