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Old Dec 20, 08, 7:06 pm   #1
 
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Breaking News: CO jet accident at DEN [20-Dec-2008]
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Local news in Seattle mentioned that it was a 737....can't find anything online yet...
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Old Dec 20, 08, 7:09 pm   #2
 
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Off the runway from IAH. I guess the airport will be closed for at least an hour.
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Old Dec 20, 08, 7:10 pm   #3
 
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DENVER (CBS4) ―

A Boeing 737 went off the end of a runway at Denver International Airport Saturday night and was smoking, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

The flight was Continental Airlines flight 1404 and apparently left from Houston and was arriving in Denver.

http://cbs4denver.com/local/crash.de....2.892170.html
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105 pax, 5 crew. No serious injuries reported at the moment.
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good to hear thats all it was, still not good but our local news made it sound much worse, and ended, news at 11....

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Old Dec 20, 08, 7:13 pm   #6
 
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105 pax, 5 crew. No serious injuries reported at the moment.
Good news
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Old Dec 20, 08, 7:18 pm   #7
 
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DENVER (CBS4) ―

A Boeing 737 went off the end of a runway at Denver International Airport Saturday night and was smoking
Well there's the problem, doesn't the plane know smoking is bad for you.

Kidding aside glad there is no serious injuries.
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Old Dec 20, 08, 7:18 pm   #8
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Here's another incident involving CO Express flight in Albany today http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/wea....snowbank.wrgb. Looks like Joe Patroni was on the case.
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105 pax, 5 crew. No serious injuries reported at the moment.
Glad to hear that.
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CO 1404 ops DEN-IAH, not the other way around. Incidentally, CO 1404 is showing a 5h15 delay right now due to "Maintenance".
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Just got a news break here in SMF. Did it slide off snowy runway upon landing? Here, they are reporting fire on board before the "crash."
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No weather here that I can see...clear and cold, with no wind on the west side of town. I'm about 30-35 miles from the airport.

TV reporting that it left the runway "on departure".

Plane intact, fire out. Happened "close to takeoff". Now getting a live feed on 7 news. Fire on right wing. Fire entered cabin. Pax evacuated prior to fire getting into plane. Some pax taken to hospitals. 24-36 pax injured...that's a guess acc to fire chief on scene. Runway 34R...right wing caught on fire, takeoff aborted. Regular programming has resumed. I'll continue to monitor the news.

Live feed on 4. Plane looks to be in one piece. Looks like gear collapsed, at least on right side. Plane about even with bridge to Terminal A. No smoke visible. Now talking with pax from plane...oops, they lost connection. Something looks wrong with the right side of the plane. Pax speaking...just about to take off, then turned, got airborne, came back down, right engine seemed to "blow up", came to fast stop and everyone got out.

"Some gruesome head injuries". Right side on fire. Plane in flames after we got off.

Current conditions at airport: 22°F
Partly Cloudy and Windy Feels Like
6°F

UV Index: 0 Low
Dew Point: 0°F
Humidity: 30%
Visibility: 10.0 miles
Pressure: 30.00 inches and steady
Wind: From the West Northwest at 22 gusting to 33 mph
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Glad that it's not sounding too serious.

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No weather here that I can see...clear and cold, with no wind on the west side of town. I'm about 30-35 miles from the airport.

TV reporting that it left the runway "on departure".
hmmm... blew an engine before V1?
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Old Dec 20, 08, 7:33 pm   #15
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http://www.9news.com/rss/article.aspx?storyid=106325

"According to Julie King, a spokeswoman with Continental Airlines, flight 1404 from Denver to Houston was trying to take off but instead it "exited the runway." "

Now it "exited the runway." If it's an aborted take-off that was handled safely, that's much different than going off the end of a runway.
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