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Teterboro Incident: Allegedly Wing Frosted
recent Teterboro incident:
perhaps to mandatorily de-ice all planes taking-off in freezing weather (?) *perhaps conceive/implement some kind of an exterior "airplane warmer," such as an "gigantic electric blanket" (?) *I was listening to National Public Radio some time ago, and a Russian gentleman told about a gigantic PARACHUTE thing he had invented for large (?) or small (?) planes whose engines fail while in the air, and supposedly it actually worked/works; and so I can't totally discount the seemingly absurd/impossible, and especially when I or family am occasionally along I shall never forget taking-off in the falling snow (runway was covered) at Newark--we were maybe the last plane to take-off that Sunday night on a Valentine's weekend approx 2-3 years ago to Atlanta key paragraphs of Newsday article: "...The wings of the CL-600 Challenger, manufactured in Canada, are particularly susceptible to problems from icing on takeoff. Although there was no precipitation at Teterboro before the chartered plane attempted to take off about 7:20 a.m. Wednesday, the conditions were ripe for frost forming on the wing. The plane had arrived the night before from Las Vegas, a flight that would take the plane through extremely cold, high altitudes, and was stored overnight on the ramp instead of inside a hangar where frost would be less likely to develop. The pilot did not request the plane be de-iced...." http://www.nynewsday.com/news/nation...4134543feb04,0, 277194.story?coll=ny-nationalnews-headlines NY NEWSDAY copyright 2005 www.nynewsday.com Was it too late? NTSB says pilots may have waited too long to cancel takeoff, overrunning Teterboro runway Email this story Printer friendly format Photos Jet crash at Teterboro Airport (GETTY IMAGES PHOTO) Feb 2, 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ More Coverage S. Fla. flight attendant credited with saving lives in N.J. air crash Feb 3, 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Slide Show Photos: Jet crash -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Video Plane crash (The WB11 FeedRoom) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ More Coverage 11 escape N.J. plane crash Feb 2, 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Top Stories Bush budget could substantially cut NY Medicaid funding in addition to trims already posed by Pataki President has work cut out for him to convince skeptics his Social Security plan is the way to go Bush stumps for Social Security plan GOP works on marketing Social Security plan Was it too late? BY SYLVIA ADCOCK STAFF WRITER February 4, 2005 Federal investigators said yesterday they were looking into whether the pilots of the business jet that plowed into a warehouse near Teterboro Airport had aborted the takeoff too far down the runway, when the plane was going too fast to cancel the liftoff. It's still not clear why the pilots aborted the takeoff, which forced the CL-600 Challenger through a metal fence at the end of the New Jersey runway, across a six-lane highway, and through a warehouse wall. Investigators were looking at whether frost on the wings could have caused control problems as the pilots were attempting to get airborne. The National Transportation Safety Board hoped to interview the pilots yesterday. They were both hospitalized in fair condition. Everyone on board survived the crash, although the passenger of a car hit by the aircraft remained in critical condition.... (the complete article is at www.nynewsday.com) |
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