Report faults landing of Southwest jet that overshot runway

A federal investigator says Southwest Airlines pilots on a flight into Burbank, California, overshot the ideal touchdown point and should have aborted the landing before the plane skidded off a wet runway in December 2018. The findings by an expert in aircraft performance were included in documents posted Thursday by the NTSB, which is investigating the incident. The plane was stopped by absorbent material shortly before a fence and a street bordering Hollywood Burbank Airport. None of the 117 passengers and crew on the flight from Oakland, California, were injured. The investigator’s report is only one part of the NTSB probe. It could be several months before the board determines probable cause for the overrun. Burbank has relatively short runways, and air traffic controllers warned the pilots of heavy rain at the airport. A small jet before them had aborted a landing.<br/>