AA off the end in Jackson Hole.......

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TallFlyer

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Fox News said:
JACKSON, Wyo. -- An American Airlines jet went past the end of a snowy runway while landing at Wyoming's Jackson Hole Airport on Wednesday, but no one was injured and the plane was not damaged, officials said.

Airline spokesman Ed Martelle said Flight 2253 from Chicago "had a long rollout" when it landed at 11:37 a.m. Wednesday. The plane came to rest on a hard surface and did not go off into grass or brush, he said.

There were 175 passengers, two pilots and four flight attendants on board the Boeing 757, Martelle said.

Ray Bishop, director of the Jackson Hole Airport, said Wednesday that there were no injuries and no damage to the airplane, which he said went into deep snow 658 feet past the end of the runway. That distance included a 300-foot paved safety apron and 358 feet of dirt beyond that.

Light snow was falling when the plane landed, with visibility at about 1.5 miles, Bishop said. The runway had some snowy patches, but its surface afforded good braking friction, he said.

Martelle said airline officials were trying to determine why the plane went off the runway.

Speaking in a conference call that began at about 1:30 p.m., Bishop said it might take an additional hour to reopen the airport and flights were being diverted elsewhere. "As you know, this is a very busy time of year for us," Bishop said. "The snow's fantastic at the ski resort."

The National Weather Service said Jackson Hole had received about 7 inches of snow since midnight.

Airport officials brought stairs to the plane so passengers could exit, and crews used bulldozers to pull the airliner back onto the runway.

The airport's only runway is 6,400 feet long, which Bishop said is a little shorter than normal for airports handling commercial flights. Another airplane went off the end of the runway last month, and such events happen periodically there, he said.
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surreal1221 said:
Wonder how energy management was during the approach and touchdown.
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Good question. I've been on two excursion investigations, and one was a case-study in energy management while the other just happened. It's amazing how you can do everything right yet have an excursion.
 
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I agree on late spoilers and thrust reversers. I know with the snow that you don't want to deploy them if you can avoid it, but with 6400 feet, patchy snow, and they were clipping along pretty well at around 2000' down (guessing by timing) that they had to be flinching by then. Still, TR would have been nice a lot earlier, when they were faster and their deployment wouldn't have affected their operations in terms of iced flaps and wings as much. Instead, low speed at the last minute is too little too late.
 
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This is from a post in YOUTUBE:

Look at the TR when they first touch down... it cracks open maybe an inch, later it closes and then opens again.
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Interesting..., but then it might be "normal".. (I know close to nothing about TRs).
 
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The prayer at the end was unexpected. I figured he would drop an expletive, but man...

Having flown in and out of there regularly this last winter, it doesn't surprise me. The runway is relatively short, airfield at 6400' and even on a good day those 75s seem to get on it on the roll out. 6 months ago an airliner did the same thing on a dry day. I might have pictures of the tire marks somewhere. (note, didn't say skid marks).

Maybe if he retracted the flaps in the flare.... :sarcasm:
 
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