Southwest flight skids off runway at Hollywood Burbank Airport
- 5 years ago
BURBANK, CALIFORNIA — A Southwest flight skidded off the end of a runway at Hollywood Burbank Airport due to wet conditions on Thursday morning.
According to an FAA spokesman, Southwest Flight 278 rolled off the end of runway 8 while landing shortly after 9 a.m.
The plane came to a stop in an area called the Engineered Material Arresting System. The system is designed to stop planes quickly that go off the end of the runway. When the aircraft wheels roll over the soft material, they sink into it causing the plane to come to a stop.
The flight left Oakland around 8 a.m. carrying 112 passengers and five crew members. Luckily, no injuries were reported.
According to ABC 7, passenger Moe Storch tweeted that the plane hydroplaned after landing due to a wet runway, but that the pilot quickly regained control and hit the brakes and reverse thrust just in time.
The passengers used stairs to get off the plane and were transported to the terminal by bus.
The runway was set to reopen once the plane was removed and the debris cleaned up.
According to an FAA spokesman, Southwest Flight 278 rolled off the end of runway 8 while landing shortly after 9 a.m.
The plane came to a stop in an area called the Engineered Material Arresting System. The system is designed to stop planes quickly that go off the end of the runway. When the aircraft wheels roll over the soft material, they sink into it causing the plane to come to a stop.
The flight left Oakland around 8 a.m. carrying 112 passengers and five crew members. Luckily, no injuries were reported.
According to ABC 7, passenger Moe Storch tweeted that the plane hydroplaned after landing due to a wet runway, but that the pilot quickly regained control and hit the brakes and reverse thrust just in time.
The passengers used stairs to get off the plane and were transported to the terminal by bus.
The runway was set to reopen once the plane was removed and the debris cleaned up.