greggwiggins
Jan 7, 09, 10:09 am
An Associated Press story (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/06/AR2009010603117.html?hpid=sec-nation) from the website of The Washington Post:
Strong crosswinds probably were a factor in an accident last month that sent a Continental Airlines jet off a Denver runway, aviation safety experts said yesterday.
Several experts raised the possibility that the Boeing 737-500 airliner, carrying 110 passengers, may have experienced "weather vaning," where a strong crosswind pushes a plane's tail and turns the aircraft's nose into the wind, much as it turns a weather vane.
Strong crosswinds probably were a factor in an accident last month that sent a Continental Airlines jet off a Denver runway, aviation safety experts said yesterday.
Several experts raised the possibility that the Boeing 737-500 airliner, carrying 110 passengers, may have experienced "weather vaning," where a strong crosswind pushes a plane's tail and turns the aircraft's nose into the wind, much as it turns a weather vane.