AA Eagle Embraer 145 Overruns Runway at FPO / Freeport, Bahamas
Oct 24, 2020, 12:21 pm
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AA Eagle Embraer 145 Overruns Runway at FPO / Freeport, Bahamas
All souls aboard are reported safe after American Eagle Embraer 145 regional jet N674RJ overran the runway at FPO on a flight MIA-FPO-FBO today.
Photo c/o Airways Magazine
At the time of the crash landing, weather conditions at the airport were optimum and featured no difficult conditions. Winds were as strong as 12 miles per hour from the east with a visibility of 6.2 miles and more. Additionally, the highest scattered clouds were at 2,000 feet with no indicated rain stated on the METAR reports.
https://airwaysmag.com/airlines/amer...-grand-bahama/
https://airwaysmag.com/airlines/amer...-grand-bahama/
Photo c/o Airways Magazine
Oct 24, 2020, 12:52 pm
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avherald.com ----> Accident: Envoy E145 at Freeport on Oct 24th 2020, runway excursion
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Oct 24, 2020, 10:26 pm
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Oct 26, 2020, 10:27 am
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Aren't those already getting retired? (sorry, Javabytes beat me to this)
I sit in 3 or 4A on my regional E145 jet everytime for the single seat, but the legroom is squished, and the shoulder and hip/waiste width is very tight.
The ERJ-175s are darn right luxurious in comparison. I would scream for joy to have only 1/2 to 3/4 of the scheduled regional flights but for them all to be on ERJ175s. That, and there is at least some sort of F product. For whatever calculus there is in AAs system, my upfare charge to F on a SWO-DFW-XXX is nearly always more than the upfare to F on a DFW-XXX fare (and you'd think maybe because the Y fare on DFW-XXX is usually more being a direct flight, but that is very often not even the case). Even though SWO-DFW is on a crappy E145 and you get zero, zilch, nada, being on a F ticket on that leg.
(examples, 11/08-11/15;
SWO-DFW-MIA is $917 in F ($579 more than MC) (Y fare cheapest) ; DFW-MIA is $839 ($425 more than MC)
SWO-DFW-LGA is $933 ($441 more than MC), DFW-LGA is $523 ($404 more than MC) (Y fare also cheapest)
SWO-DFW-LAX is $1139 ($691 more than MC); DFW-LAX is $684-784 ($398 more than MC) (Y fare also cheapest)
On my last flight, DFW-SEA was only $200 more for F roundtrip (less than the cost of 500 mile stickers), but my SWO-DFW-SEA was $650 more to upgrade to F.
Last edited by MarkOK; Oct 26, 2020 at 10:33 am