Posted on 12/20/2008 6:18:33 PM PST by Right_Handed_Writer
"SPECI KDEN 210134Z 29024G32KT 10SM FEW040 SCT100 M04/M18 A2998 RMK AO2 PK WND 28036/0123"
that's a 36 knot wind gust just 20 degrees off of a straight tail wind right at 6:23PM, minutes after ther reported 6:20PM time of the incident.
Wing on fire. Do you think it touched down in a downward wind burst.
Prayers for everyone on that plane.
The source is from the link. I used a the copy paste function in a Firefox browser that lets you selected html code from the webpage. I do it all the time and paste the html code on FR. :-)
>Of course, those rivers might be the choice of landing spots if you were to go down.<
Sorry but fire trucks nor EMT’s do not carry boats as standard equipment. Bad choice!
IS it typical to depart runway 8? Seems odd... isn’t a 280 wind pretty typical for there?
Denver to Houston?
I have a grandson who left (visiting gramma) Maine on way to Houston, Weds, - on leave after 15 months in the ‘Ghan. Due to storm in Maine, they were several hours getting off the ground and missed connection in NJ.
He stayed with friends in NYC with a flight scheduled out today. With the backup of passengers, I know they often get zig zagged routes to destination. Now I’m going to be very anxious until I hear ;o(
According to Julie King, a spokeswoman for Continental Airlines, flight 1404 from Denver to Houston was trying to take off but instead it “exited the runway.”
“It went off the runway,” said Assistant Fire Chief Steve Garrod of Denver Fire.
Officials at DIA say the plane, which had 107 passengers and five crew members onboard, caught fire, but emergency crews were able to extinguish the blaze.
Garrod says 26 people suffered non life-threatening injuries. Continental Airlines, which initially reported there were no serious injuries, says some of the 26 injured were suffering from broken bones and strained backs. The injured passengers were taken to local hospitals, including Denver Health Medical Center and University Hospital.
Crew members on the plane had to activate the evacuation chutes, according to DIA officials, in order to get everyone off the aircraft safely.
Garrod says after the aircraft was evacuated, the fire spread inside the aircraft, and crews had to go inside to extinguish it.
Numerous emergency vehicles were dispatched to the airport, including several ambulances.
Garrod says the wings of the aircraft were cracked and the fuselage was cracked in the accident.
Officials at DIA say the accident occurred on runway 34 Right, around 6:18 p.m.
Garrod says there were no injuries related to the smoke that he has seen.
The National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the crash to determine the cause.
The runway was clear of snow and ice at the time, according to officials.
9NEWS Meteorologist Marty Coniglio says roughly 15 minutes after the flight attempted to take off there was a 31 knot crosswind, which is about 36 mph. It was not immediately known if weather was a factor in the accident.
http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=106325&catid=339
Air Florida Flight 90 tells me a river landing is suboptimal.
could be icing
Agreed (unless the river is near departure or destination and there's no better alternative, but sometimes it's not a choice, as in Air Florida Flight 90.
Same with hitting a bridge.
ATIS information India indicates that they are taking off to the North. Low level wind shear and moderate turbulence reported in the area.
Love Field is the reason I no longer fly (except maybe an emergency). Anyway, in 1969 I was returning from Tampa and seated on a window seat next to two NASA pilots. I enjoyed the chat and when we came in to land, the plane tilted drastically to port (my side).
I looked out and could see the shadow from the wing just under the wing. We were inches (2-4?) from scraping.
The pilot got the hulk back under control and brought her in. At de-planing? the pilot came out and he was white as a sheet. Both NASA pilots said that was as close to a crash as they had ever been.
I was too ignorant of flying to appreciate the danger but time has made the situation sink in.
Prayers for all who are traveling during this holiday.
Prayers your brother is safe and sound.
I agree..and drowning? Yeesh.
This was a flight departing Denver, so he’s likely fine.
That would be consistent with the gust being described as a crosswind.
I’m a member in good standing with the White Knuckle Fliers of America.
http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_11280093
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