Last week, before he took off at 12:50 a.m. from Los Angeles in command of Flight 2605, the "Night Owl," carrying 13 crew members and 75 passengers, he was reminded that he had to land on. Both pilots knew that 23L was closed, as they had previously landed on 23R without incident while 23L was out of service. So who's really the gullible one here, Dan? The aircraft did not enter the runway until it had travelled some 100 m According to the flight recorder data and the wheel traces at the site of the accident, the crew re-applied power for the go-around procedure and lifted the aircraft nose by 10-11. Accessed 10-7-2016 at: http://www.ntsb.gov/safety/safety-recs/RecLetters/A80_59_60.pdf, National Transportation Safety Board. All of the foregoing recommendations addressed two basic issues our belief that insufficient attention is given to human performance criteria in the development of approach procedures and in the process for reviewing the approach procedure depiction on the approach charts both of which are deficiencies that can lead to confusion and mistakes by the pilot users. 2605 2605 1979 1031 ( en) 2605 DC-10 . The tower operator informed the crew that the runway in use was 23 Right and provided the crew with information on the weather conditions prevailing at Mexico City International Airport, and landing data. Our large helicopter section. The October 31, 1979 flight left Los Angeles International Airport at 1:40 AM PST, and was scheduled to land well before sunrise in Mexico City. The bank angle continued to increase to the point that the right wing began to cut into the ground and taxiways next to the closed runway. Between the time of their beginning the approach and the crash, they were advised that the landing runway was 23R four times by approach control or the tower. [5] The article title refers to the Nov 28 crash of a New Zealand airliner in Antarctica, killing all 257 persons aboard. Yes they didn't make the sidestep to the active runway but they didn't even land on the closed runway, instead contacting the ground with one main gear off the runway in the grass. Western Airlines Flight 2605 - INFOGALACTIC 74 Eckert. Even if this person's story is complete bull shit, it would still give me asharp competitive edge against AirDisaster.Com for the general public genre.I've spoken with a couple of my colleagues in the conspiracy kook area, andthey've never heard of this.
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