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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-06-04 09:42 PM
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46. Actually, Southwest has crashed a plane.
Edited on Mon Dec-06-04 09:50 PM by ocelot
In March of 2000, as the result of an excessively fast, unstabilized approach, an airplane went off the end of the runway in Burbank, CA, crashed through a fence and narrowly missed striking the pumps at a gas station. It could have been a disaster, but since no one was killed the accident didn't get a lot of publicity. More here: http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001212X20606&key=1 Southwest pilots are paid by the trip rather than by the hour like most other airline pilots. Some believe this creates an incentive to hurry.
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