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Delta Plane veers off runway at Houston Hobby
A Delta jet bound for Atlanta veered off the side of the runway and got stuck in the mud at Hobby Airport Monday morning. (www.chron.com) Mehr...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Is being distracted while "driving" on the ground,like my daughter being distracted driving down the road texting?
One point a lot of people miss is that distracting doesn't mean you are texting, but if you are texting you are distracted. Point in case here alot of people are saying that the captain was texting, and that is not part of the truth here. He was distracted.... Not sending a text message... I am glad all you folks here are on his Jury... He would have already been hung out to dry.
Nobody said he was texting! If you're moving on the ground and get distracted long enough that you run off the pavement, you should have backed off the gas and hit the brakes before all the gear hit the mud. That's my opinion and I'm sticking to it.
There has been a lot of finger pointing going on in this discussion... Just making a point. This reply could have gone to any of them.
Regardless of what has been said here, I bet somebody in that cockpit will get hung, rightly or wrongly. Luckily in the scheme of things it's not that big a deal but can certainly be a negative career enhancement.
Very True... And the longer the plane stays out of revenue service, the worse it will be on them. There was a logbook item for a communications problem. Not sure how that will play into the roll of things. But even with that to taxi all the gear well into the grass is a distraction of the greatest magnitude.