Emergency braking – Two planes ended up on the same runway as one of them was preparing to take off from Nashville airport
The worst has been avoided. An Alaska Airlines flight to Seattle had to abort its emergency takeoff at Nashville International Airport (USA) on Thursday. According to information from NBC News, the Boeing 737 Max 9, which was carrying 176 passengers and six crew members, had to brake abruptly at nearly 200 km/h to avoid a collision with a Southwest Airlines plane. The latter had been authorized to cross the same runway.
The burst tires
Alaska Airlines pilots reacted quickly with emergency braking to avoid the crash. The braking was so intense that the Boeing’s tires blew out, a common consequence of overheating from a sudden stop, the Washington Post noted.
The plane was nevertheless able to leave the runway safely, and the passengers were evacuated without incident. “We are grateful to our pilots for their expertise, who immediately applied the brakes to prevent the incident from escalating,” the airline said in a statement. The passengers were also(…) - 20minutes
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