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Sounds like the American crew was at fault in the recent incident. Can tell from the recording the Delta guys are a bit shaken.
Ever taxi at O’Hare? They surely need GPS for that one. Usually taxi 30-45 minutes to get to a runway for the 20 minute flight up to TVC. Way OT - But unless you’ve been in LGA past year you won’t believe how they upgraded it. Feels more like the inside of a luxury hotel - just incredibly different and impressive.
- Delta flight “1943” contains the numerals 1 and 3 (first & last numbers)
- Adding together the two middle numbers, 9 and 4, results in 13
On a more serious note - ever wonder why you need to wear a seatbelt and secure all your personal possessions so they can’t move about for takeoff? The Delta hard braking ought to answer that.
@Old_joe - Those intersecting runways at O’Hare are frightening to me.
It is unfortunate / inexcusable that the American crew was allowed to depart without delay and proceed to London. The cockpit voice recordings contain only the last 2 hours’ conversation, important (it would seem essential) for determining how this near catastrophe occurred. Drug & alcohol testing should have been done on scene or shortly thereafter following such an egregious breech of operational standards.
Interesting article about Chicago’s intersecting runways. Apparently being phased out. I can attest to having seen them in use. ISTM, however that what I observed were planes both landing and taking off at once, each using just one end of the runway. Still doesn’t look right.
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Here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenerife_airport_disaster
Sounds like the American crew was at fault in the recent incident. Can tell from the recording the Delta guys are a bit shaken.
Ever taxi at O’Hare? They surely need GPS for that one. Usually taxi 30-45 minutes to get to a runway for the 20 minute flight up to TVC. Way OT - But unless you’ve been in LGA past year you won’t believe how they upgraded it. Feels more like the inside of a luxury hotel - just incredibly different and impressive.
"Ever taxi at O’Hare? They surely need GPS for that one."
I well remember. Now that's an airport.
- The incident occurred on Friday the 13th
- Delta flight “1943” contains the numerals 1 and 3 (first & last numbers)
- Adding together the two middle numbers, 9 and 4, results in 13
On a more serious note - ever wonder why you need to wear a seatbelt and secure all your personal possessions so they can’t move about for takeoff? The Delta hard braking ought to answer that.
@Old_joe - Those intersecting runways at O’Hare are frightening to me.
Interesting article about Chicago’s intersecting runways. Apparently being phased out. I can attest to having seen them in use. ISTM, however that what I observed were planes both landing and taking off at once, each using just one end of the runway. Still doesn’t look right.