Commute Air Off Runway at ROA

touch-n-go said:
Just saw this report

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BREAKING NEWS: Commercial plane goes off runway at Roanoke-Blacksburg airport

UPDATE 10:35 P.M. – Officials have confirmed that the flight that went off the runway was United flight #4339 inbound from Washington Dulles International Airport. According to reports, a res…
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It's been years since I flew into there, but if I recall, there was one runway you certainly didn't want to go off either end of, and there was one that wouldn't totally wreck your day.
 
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4 min prior to touchdown.

SPECI KROA 250112Z 26005KT 1 3/4SM +RA BR FEW032 BKN050 OVC085 22/21 A3005 RMK AO2 TWR VIS 2 RAB07 P0000 T02170211
 
EMAS saves the day once again. Does CommuteAir have reversers on their 145s? I used them extensively when I flew it, especially since we went into some shorter runways, and they always made it really easy to stop. I know several operators didn't install reversers on their planes and to be honest it kind of blows my mind why you wouldn't.
 
luke3 said:
EMAS saves the day once again. Does CommuteAir have reversers on their 145s? I used them extensively when I flew it, especially since we went into some shorter runways, and they always made it really easy to stop. I know several operators didn't install reversers on their planes and to be honest it kind of blows my mind why you wouldn't.
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This might had ended very differently if not for EMAS. A rough year for commercial aviation.
 
luke3 said:
EMAS saves the day once again. Does CommuteAir have reversers on their 145s? I used them extensively when I flew it, especially since we went into some shorter runways, and they always made it really easy to stop. I know several operators didn't install reversers on their planes and to be honest it kind of blows my mind why you wouldn't.
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Its an old XJT bird, it has reversers.
 
luke3 said:
EMAS saves the day once again. Does CommuteAir have reversers on their 145s? I used them extensively when I flew it, especially since we went into some shorter runways, and they always made it really easy to stop. I know several operators didn't install reversers on their planes and to be honest it kind of blows my mind why you wouldn't.
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All of their 145s have reversers.

Someone who was at TSA, which did have some 145s that lacked reversers, told me that it didn't actually save any weight because it made the aircraft so nose-heavy that they often had to carry ballast on those 145s.
 
Skåning said:
It’s amazing all these years later the ERJ still hasn’t had a passenger fatality
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Eagle tried in ORF (took off with the gust lock still halfway engaged). Throw in a different runway with a different obstacle situation and that would've ended very badly.
 
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