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Southwest plane goes off runway after landing in Nashville
A Southwest Airplane went off the runway at the Nashville International Airport after landing Tuesday evening. (wkrn.com) Ещё...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
chris..the 727 had both a first class area and a coach area and in "the good old days" first and coach flight attendants stayed in their area behind the"curtain" on a 727..wn has only one class of service on the 737 and 5 flight attendants would be tripping over one another serving,etcetera..they seat one f/a at the front and 2 at the rear of the aircraft and they do follow faa reulations..as far as an evacuation,3 f/a's are sufficient to get people out of the exits if they follow initial instructions..from the pictures it is hard to tell why this plane skidded as he had already landed and was taxiing..the weather seemed good and the runway looked dry..maybe the brakes pulled too far one direction?? i dont know..there will be further investigation...
Sparkie624, Is this security video available online? Would appreciate if you can share the link.
Saw a few comments about "speed" so posted again...
Looking at video, unless BNA has ramp workers with super-human speed, and the anti-collision lights on the other aircraft speed up while operating at Nashville, the video feed is faster than 1:1. The aircraft was not taxiing as fast as the video implies.
Don't get me wrong, unless there was a taxi line painted directly into the grass, or there was a failure of the hydraulic system that feeds the nosewheel steering, all eyes will be on the captain (since he is only one who can drive on the ground), but lets consider some contributing factors (though, again, not negating responsibility of flight crew)
The area plane was in appears to be a black hole, yet ramp is well lit. I did not see any centerline lights on taxiway to assist in nighttime taxiing (which can be a challenge at some airports). Plane was making right turn (captains view out right window would be limited) and in all probability, once the captain initiated right turn, he probably focused more to his left, and the gate he was going to. I am making an assumption here, but the speed at which the first people went out, leads me to believe that they were the gate personnel waiting for him to pull in, and watched the whole thing. In the right turn, the blue lights can make the appearance of a taxiway if you're not paying attention (they should have been) and the captain would not have noticed in the dark, until the taxi light on the nosewheel illuminated the grass (nose would have to swing around a little), but if the captain had shifted his attention to the gate, may not have noticed. First Officer may have been completing flows and/or scanning gate area as well.
The only true and factual answer will come out when the investigation is done, not a moment before. I can only speak from my experience, and that does not make it right, true, or a determination of what happened here.
Looking at video, unless BNA has ramp workers with super-human speed, and the anti-collision lights on the other aircraft speed up while operating at Nashville, the video feed is faster than 1:1. The aircraft was not taxiing as fast as the video implies.
Don't get me wrong, unless there was a taxi line painted directly into the grass, or there was a failure of the hydraulic system that feeds the nosewheel steering, all eyes will be on the captain (since he is only one who can drive on the ground), but lets consider some contributing factors (though, again, not negating responsibility of flight crew)
The area plane was in appears to be a black hole, yet ramp is well lit. I did not see any centerline lights on taxiway to assist in nighttime taxiing (which can be a challenge at some airports). Plane was making right turn (captains view out right window would be limited) and in all probability, once the captain initiated right turn, he probably focused more to his left, and the gate he was going to. I am making an assumption here, but the speed at which the first people went out, leads me to believe that they were the gate personnel waiting for him to pull in, and watched the whole thing. In the right turn, the blue lights can make the appearance of a taxiway if you're not paying attention (they should have been) and the captain would not have noticed in the dark, until the taxi light on the nosewheel illuminated the grass (nose would have to swing around a little), but if the captain had shifted his attention to the gate, may not have noticed. First Officer may have been completing flows and/or scanning gate area as well.
The only true and factual answer will come out when the investigation is done, not a moment before. I can only speak from my experience, and that does not make it right, true, or a determination of what happened here.
I totally agree Tim, and yes, it was many years ago operating with the B722 stretch. Heck, we even had maybe six rows of First class (four abreast) in the forward cabin. No Business class in those days! 24F/126Y config.
I am trying to picture how they pulled this off... He was taxing the plane, Verier off the taxi way and then drove over an embankment! Only thing I can thing us that he was trying to make up some time because of previous delays... That is what caused there 2 most recent incidents in LGA and that is fact off of the CVR.
After watching the video, does it seem taxi speed coming into the gate area was a bit brisk? May be a contributor along w/obviously not following the taxi-line.