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When a Southwest 737 Left the Runway and Killed a Child
When a Southwest 737 Left the Runway and Killed a Child
Snow, tailwind and a computation that gave the right number for the wrong assumptions converged into a single moment that ended a flawless safety record and a six-year-old boy’s life - how did a routine winter landing turn into a street crash? What invisible assumptions in procedures, training, and on-board systems allowed a Boeing 737 to leave the runway and strike two cars on Central Avenue?
In this episode, we tell the story of Southwest Flight 1248’s December 8, 2005 arrival at Midway Airport and the sequence of decisions, weather…
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