Southwest jet bellies to a stop after skid off rainy runway
A Southwest Airlines jet rolled off the end of a California runway as it landed in the rain, skidding to a stop on a crushable concrete surface designed to hinder out-of-control aircraft. No one was injured in the incident that occurred about 9:05 am local time. Flight 278, carrying 112 passengers and five crew, had just landed in Burbank on a flight from Oakland. The Boeing 737-700 rolled into the area known as the Engineered Material Arresting System, according to Southwest and the FAA. The incident occurred on the same Burbank runway where 43 people were injured in March 2000 after a Southwest 737-300 overshot its landing. That jet ploughed through a fence before skidding to a stop in the middle of a street, 39 feet from a gas station. The crushable concrete surface was installed after that accident. <br/>
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Southwest jet bellies to a stop after skid off rainy runway
A Southwest Airlines jet rolled off the end of a California runway as it landed in the rain, skidding to a stop on a crushable concrete surface designed to hinder out-of-control aircraft. No one was injured in the incident that occurred about 9:05 am local time. Flight 278, carrying 112 passengers and five crew, had just landed in Burbank on a flight from Oakland. The Boeing 737-700 rolled into the area known as the Engineered Material Arresting System, according to Southwest and the FAA. The incident occurred on the same Burbank runway where 43 people were injured in March 2000 after a Southwest 737-300 overshot its landing. That jet ploughed through a fence before skidding to a stop in the middle of a street, 39 feet from a gas station. The crushable concrete surface was installed after that accident. <br/>
