Must have been one more of those famous SWA "hi speed taxi" profiles SWA is so famous for. They like to brag about 20 minute turns at the airport yet this is what happens when you strive to do that. That's why the rest of us "look" like we are taxiing slow. Trying to keep the mud off the wheels, it's a jet, not a 4X4 or an Indy car.
What happens to the pilots now? Are they allowed to fly or do they sit on the sidelines until SWA and FAA complete an investigation? How long before aircraft is checked for damage and deemed airworthy again?
It may have worked when they were a small company mainly serving Texas and nearby states, but for a longer flight, like Islip to Tampa or Fort Lauderdale, people should be able to choose a seat online.
That's one reason my relatives on LI go to jetBlue JFK instead of Islip.
What will happen to the pilots is primarily up to SWA,BUT, the article says at one point they were just doing a straight taxi, then it says the missed a turn or failed to negotiate it. At any rate, pax deplaned and SWA sent in another plane. AC did receive damage and it will be fixed before it flies again.
well random boarding was shown to be the fastest boarding process by that asu academic paper or whoever wrote it. Generally speaking though, if you get an A boarding group you can pretty much sit anywhere you want, so i don't mind the seating system.
That ain't no fun job. My boy had an 07 for awhile til daughter in law wrecked it. We did that job a couple of times . While not all that bad, I wouldn't want to do it every day. Seems to me there were 2 that you HAD to go underneath for
Police: Southwest Flight Veers Off MacArthur Taxiway
Police say a Southwest flight veered off the taxiway at MacArthur Airport this morning. According to News 12 Long Island reporter Drew Scott, Southwest flight 4695 was taxiing when the nose wheel and landing gear left the taxiway and got stuck in the mud.
Southwest Boeing 737 Veers off Taxiway into the Mud at KISP
The Boeing 737 jet was on the taxiway and apparently failed to negotiate a turn at around 7 a.m. The plane entered a grassy area and got stuck in the mud.
"We just made your day very interesting": ATC Audio of Southwest Mud Skid
Air traffic control conversation between the pilots of Southwest 4695 and the ISP control tower. Nobody was hurt early Thursday</strong> morning when a Southwest Airlines plane taxiing for departure wound up landing gear-deep in mud at Islip's Long Island MacArthur Airport.
