Plane off runway at MDW

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FlyChicaga

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I'm a little in shock about this, because I really thought it would never happen. But an airplane has skidded off the end of Runway 31C at MDW into 55th and Central. No other news yet, just a special report blurb on Chicago TV.

Stay safe out there tonight if you are in this area. It's bad!

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Now reporting a Southwest B737 coming in from Balitmore. They said the flight number, I believe it was 1248. No injuries reported yet.

If it's in the street, I hate to speculate the fate of the pilots. That's a cement barrier they'd be going through.
 
They actually ended up in the street? Or they just went off the end, and that's the intersection it's nearest to?

Southwest has 'gone of the end' before. I forget where, west coast somewhere a few years back?

Eagle tested the 'new' arresting material off the end of one of the runways in JFK a few years ago. Worked great!
 
My thoughts are with the crew and passengers. That is a terrible place for a plane to go off the runway. Hopefully traffic on the road was light due to the weather.
 
NBC 5's website: "may be a 737"; "may be on fire".

I spoke with my sister who lives in Chicago (actual Chicago, 750 N. Dearborn) and she said it was kind of like a blizzard.



Mike
 
MQAAord said:
They actually ended up in the street? Or they just went off the end, and that's the intersection it's nearest to?

Southwest has 'gone of the end' before. I forget where, west coast somewhere a few years back?

Eagle tested the 'new' arresting material off the end of one of the runways in JFK a few years ago. Worked great!
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You are referring to the 2000 Southwest crash in Burbank, CA.

http://www.airdisaster.com/eyewitness/wn1455.shtml

God willing the outcome tonight is similar.
 
From the Tribune
Jetliner slides off runway at Midway Airport


The Associated Press
Published December 8, 2005, 7:56 PM CST


A Southwest Airlines flight from Baltimore to Chicago slid off a runway at Midway International Airport and onto a nearby street as it attempted to land amid heavy snow and wind, authorities said Thursday.

Ambulances were called, but there were no immediate reports of injuries.

According to the city's Department of Aviation, the flight was Southwest Flight 1248 from Baltimore.

An aircraft mechanic at Midway told WBBM-AM that the plane's nose gear had collapsed, at least one of the engines was damaged and the jet appeared to have been hit by a vehicle..
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Watching it on CNN right now....
Looks like nose wheel is collapsed, certainly is snowing hard. CNN anchor is an idiot by the way....
 
NBC5.com
Larry Langford, spokesman for the Chicago Fire Department, said there are serious injuries in that automobile. That vehicle was lodged under the aircraft following the accident.

The plane is a Southwest Airlines 737 and 98 passengers were onboard the jet.

No passengers aboard the aircraft apparently suffered injuries, according to Wendy Abrams, city Department of Aviation spokeswoman.
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I wonder how many times the police are going to tell the CNN reporters to leave before they do...

They said that the plane hit a gate. No mention of the plane crashing through a cement barrier. And their saying the plane is largely intact with very lil damage.

-Matthew
 
Baronman said:
Watching it on CNN right now....
Looks like nose wheel is collapsed, certainly is snowing hard. CNN anchor is an idiot by the way....
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These pilots are instrument rated!
 
pilot602 said:
These pilots are instrument rated!
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Now on CNN there talking to Chad Meyers:The Severe Weather Expert.
He is saying the plane landed from the southeast to the northwest. Into the wind and not against.

-Matthew
 
Definetly snowing like crazy. CNN has mentioned the apt went into a ground hold after the landing. Just saw a shot from above of the rw and the end of it goes right into the street. I didn't realize how close it was to the homes. The news was also reporting a hard landing....But I would not trust the news reporters.
 
I hate how the news speculates and talks about this stuff.....Fox news has already covered every aspect of course: CRM, pilot's training, autobrakes, spoilers, airspeed on approach and landing, ILS approaches, traction factors, oh and yeah.....WEATHER.
 
Would someone PLEASE call MSNBC and tell them to cut the telephone call from Mary Schialvo.

"If the pilots don't deploy thrust reversers, it can take them 3000 more feet to get the aircraft stopped. They've got to get those engines into reverse airflow so it can stop the aircraft"

Dag'gummit, I don't EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEVEN have the time to break that one apart before I hop on the flight home.

I'm still pissed about when she told Matt Lauer that passengers "better start speaking up and banging on the door" if they see ice on the wings of a turboprop in flight -- after the Comair E-120 accident. Hello?! Pneumatic boots?! Gotta build a little, baby!

To think she was in the FAA....
 
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