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Wind gust readings kept from pilots at DIA; FAA ignores federal safety warning
DENVER — Denver International Airport (KDEN or DIA) control tower procedures have been putting passenger safety in extra jeopardy on about 1,000 flights a year. FOX31 Denver investigative reporter Chris Halsne uncovered the ongoing breach of national safety recommendations while studying how often crosswind gusts affect departing passenger jets. Because of its proximity to the Rocky Mountains, Denver’s airport is the target of frequent, unpredictable and strong gusts of wind. Exactly how often… (kdvr.com) Mehr...
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I can remember a time back in the day, in Northern AZ, if it hadn't gusted right down the runway, one would have come out on a flatbed.
I have seen more than one video of aircarrier departures that makes one wonder if they were really taking off by and could make the numbers, which engine did they lose? LOL
Seems to me I have only been in there once or twice and it was summertime. Once I went off and played for awhile due to an approaching tornado(it went around)and they abandoned the tower. The other was uneventful. I remember coming home from service on the old CON and laying over at Stapleton for a couple of hours. That was in 72 and it was actually pretty nice.
When this airport site was proposed in the wayback machine local pilots, weather prognosticators, and strategic planners warned that weather out on the plains would be worse than at the old DEN site in the lee of the front range, to include worse winds, heavier snow and the greater probability of a tornado. Time has pretty much proven them correct, but heck, why impede progress? CO really needed a Pena boulevard.
