Delta sued by Port Authority
Feb 28, 2018, 12:50 pm
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Delta sued by Port Authority
This is ridiculous! Delta suing against New York Port Authority about what happened Delta MD88 skidded off runway at LaGuardia in 2015.
https://thepointsguy.com/2018/02/delta-sued-by-port-authority-for-2015-runway-skid-at-lga/?utm_source=FACEBOOK&utm_medium=social&utm_term=Ed itorial&utm_campaign=FACEBOOK-100000163096644
https://thepointsguy.com/2018/02/delta-sued-by-port-authority-for-2015-runway-skid-at-lga/?utm_source=FACEBOOK&utm_medium=social&utm_term=Ed itorial&utm_campaign=FACEBOOK-100000163096644
Feb 28, 2018, 12:59 pm
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Feb 28, 2018, 1:36 pm
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Yeah, this kinda stuff is fairly common. State departments of transportation, and turnpike authorities constantly bill motorists and insurance companies for damage to their infrastructure. Things like guard rails, light poles, jersey walls.
Specific to this incident, braking action was reported as good. Runway Visual Range was 6000.
I mean it's pretty clear the Port Authority has a decent case, DL should probably just settle and pay their bill, and now legal fees.
Specific to this incident, braking action was reported as good. Runway Visual Range was 6000.
I mean it's pretty clear the Port Authority has a decent case, DL should probably just settle and pay their bill, and now legal fees.
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Feb 28, 2018, 3:47 pm
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Folks should read the NTSB report: https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/...ts/AAR1602.pdf
PANYNJ probably wants to Delta to pay for all of the damage. Delta probably says PANYNJ has some responsibility. Let the courts sort it out, fairly standard.
PANYNJ probably wants to Delta to pay for all of the damage. Delta probably says PANYNJ has some responsibility. Let the courts sort it out, fairly standard.
Feb 28, 2018, 3:56 pm
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Folks should read the NTSB report: https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/...ts/AAR1602.pdf
. Let the courts sort it out, fairly standard.
. Let the courts sort it out, fairly standard.
Feb 28, 2018, 7:44 pm
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Mar 1, 2018, 7:43 am
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The problem is they reported the braking action as good and The last runway condition report was two hours old. The braking action was closer to fair and the runway surface condition was Ľ inch cluttered which was not reported to the pilot. The airport was faulted for this in the accident report so I suspect Delta feels the airport has some responsibility.
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Mar 1, 2018, 7:51 am
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NTSB says that it was medium at worst and likely good. The pilot applied too much thrust to the thrust reversers and unequal thrust led to the deviation. The pilot exceeded not only the limit for contaminated runways, but also the (higher) limit for good runways. There are some contributing factors highlighted that LGA would be responsible for, but had pilot not exceeded limits the accident would not have happened.
Mar 1, 2018, 2:02 pm
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