http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-0...ing-rules_x.htm
"Boeing sent a memo last week to airlines urging them to review the way they calculate a jet's stopping distance on slick runways.
USA TODAY obtained a copy of the memo, as well as Boeing's Operations Manual for the 737-700, the type of plane that crashed at Midway. It shows that landing at Midway on Dec. 8 was barely possible if everything went perfectly. With moderate snow on the runway and a tailwind, Boeing says it would take about 5,800 feet to stop. The runway is 5,826 feet long."
26 Feet????
"Not all airlines would have allowed a landing at Midway on the night of the Chicago crash. Continental Airlines' pilot manuals for its fleet of 737-700s show that Midway's runway was hundreds of feet too short for a landing in the conditions that existed Dec. 8."
SWA and it's liberal interpetation of the stopping distance will be a key in the case against the airline. Past practices will be cited and the liability could be substantial.
"Boeing sent a memo last week to airlines urging them to review the way they calculate a jet's stopping distance on slick runways.
USA TODAY obtained a copy of the memo, as well as Boeing's Operations Manual for the 737-700, the type of plane that crashed at Midway. It shows that landing at Midway on Dec. 8 was barely possible if everything went perfectly. With moderate snow on the runway and a tailwind, Boeing says it would take about 5,800 feet to stop. The runway is 5,826 feet long."
26 Feet????
"Not all airlines would have allowed a landing at Midway on the night of the Chicago crash. Continental Airlines' pilot manuals for its fleet of 737-700s show that Midway's runway was hundreds of feet too short for a landing in the conditions that existed Dec. 8."
SWA and it's liberal interpetation of the stopping distance will be a key in the case against the airline. Past practices will be cited and the liability could be substantial.