Southwest fires captain in LaGuardia nose gear landing

[hrmjustin]

AP

DALLAS -- Southwest Airlines has fired the captain of a plane that landed so hard at New York's LaGuardia airport that its nose gear collapsed.

Southwest spokeswoman Whitney Eichinger says the airline terminated the captain last week after the airline finished its review of the July incident, in which 16 people were hurt. She says additional training is required for the first officer.

The National Transportation Board said the captain suddenly took over from the first officer 400 feet from the ground as the plane approached LaGuardia. The Boeing 737 landed on its nose gear, which collapsed. The plane then skidded to a stop in the grass near the runway.

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/national_world&id=9271107

[Duckhunter935]

1. thats not grass, is it?

[hrmjustin]

2. No is not. I assume that is a picture of the plane in the spot it landed.

Could be the that the other half is in the grass.

[longship]

3. Good catch. But the news reports on the reportage, not the facts.

Most just CC the AP.

[hrmjustin]

4. Usually Ap is good bbut yes it looks like poor reporting.

[Suburban Warrior]

5. Yea, not really in the grass

[hrmjustin]

6. Thanks for the pic and welcome to DU.