Pilot Error A Factor In Southwest Airlines Midway Airport Crash
Monday, December 19th, 2005 AutoAfter deciding it was safe to land in a snowstorm, the pilots of Southwest Airlines Flight 1248 overran the zone where the plane needed to touch down, losing hundreds of feet of runway that would have helped stop the jet before it skidded outside the airport and killed a 6-year-old boy, federal investigators said Thursday. Preliminary calculations, using radar information and the flight data recorder onboard the plane, show the aircraft touched down with about 4,500 feet of runway remaining; approximately 5,300 feet of stopping distance was needed under the slick conditions to avoid a collision.
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