http://longisland.news12.com/news/plane-skids-into-snowdrift-at-laguardia-airport-1.13284660
The plane was exiting runway 04 after it landed as it accidentally taxiied into the snowdrift. It had to be pulled out by a tug.
Personally I’m glad everyone’s ok, it just shows how careful pilots have to be at LaGuardia airport. One of those runways (13/31) is only about 7,000 feet long and has the bay on both ends. Especially during winter where there’s ice and snow it makes it very hazardous
Just a quick question for anyone who works on ramps and whatnot in snow: while I recall having to plow runways and taxiways (obviously), is there a requirement to add salt on the taxiways or de-ice them in any form?
7,000 feet is should be enough for stopping distance for the vast majority of aircraft coming into LGA – the only aircraft that’d need that much runway would be the 757s and occasional 767 that pops in. São Paulo Congonhas (CGH) had issues with hydroplaning (similar conditions to ground ice), and could still support 737s with about the same amount of runway in slippery conditions (although issues still occurred many times). Even then, the taxiways need to be properly de-iced – I’d imagine all the snow from the snowstorm melted into water on the taxiways, then froze into ice.
What TS1 Pilots do every day!
Delta+Winter Weather+LGA=runoff of something
One wrong move and they could end up in the Hudson, great job on preventing that pilots keep up great work
I believe the LGA Airport Operations handles the de-icing of runways.
(This includes the maintenance team)
Two things:
Taxiways are plowed and chemical de icer is sprayed. Not sure about LGA but at CLE they also spread sand to help with traction. It absolutely sucks on windy dry days during the winter as sand is blowing everywhere.
How dare you insult Delta 😂😂. It was a Erj so it was a delta connection operator pilot flying, those pilots aren’t always the best, like let’s be real, and also they don’t have the same working conditions. I read that those connection pilots have longer hours sometime
Yeah connection is the reasson Delta is trying to drop their regional subsidies. Why else would they order the CS100?
Your’re kidding right? Just because you fly for a regional doesn’t mean your less of/a worse pilot than someone flying mainline. They all have the same training and requirements, just because one persons paycheck is from Republic and the other is from Delta means nothing as far as training goes. How quickly we forget the DL crew that almost put a mad dog into the bay.
DL will never get rid of regional airline contractors. The CS300 is to replace the -88s/older A319s/20s.
And it’s been exactly 2 weeks, 2 years since that accident. I’d say that comparing this accident and the DL1086 is vastly different – 1086 ran off because of excessive reverse thrust applied by a pilot, whereas this seems much more like an issue with the slippery ice and conditions on the ground (of course, this is still pending as the FAA is still investigating). No reasonable pilot of ANY airline would simply forget to turn and run into a snowbank – turning is something any pilot properly understands and knows how to do.
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