US: Multiple pilot failures deemed cause of Pence's LaGuardia skid
A series of errors by the pilots of the plane carrying then vice-presidential candidate Mike Pence sent it skidding off a runway in New York in October, the NTSB said in a final report establishing probable cause of the accident. The safety investigator said the first officer, who landed the Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-700, sailed far beyond the start of the runway before touchdown on the rainy evening, and should have aborted the landing and returned for a second try. The plane didn’t touch down until passing over about 4,200 feet of runway, leaving it just 2,800 feet to stop. The plane was damaged when it hit a crushable concrete barrier at the end of the runway. No injuries were sustained by the 37 passengers or 11 crew members. “Several failures in close succession” caused the mishap, the investigators concluded.<br/>
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US: Multiple pilot failures deemed cause of Pence's LaGuardia skid
A series of errors by the pilots of the plane carrying then vice-presidential candidate Mike Pence sent it skidding off a runway in New York in October, the NTSB said in a final report establishing probable cause of the accident. The safety investigator said the first officer, who landed the Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-700, sailed far beyond the start of the runway before touchdown on the rainy evening, and should have aborted the landing and returned for a second try. The plane didn’t touch down until passing over about 4,200 feet of runway, leaving it just 2,800 feet to stop. The plane was damaged when it hit a crushable concrete barrier at the end of the runway. No injuries were sustained by the 37 passengers or 11 crew members. “Several failures in close succession” caused the mishap, the investigators concluded.<br/>
