This report explains the accident involving a Boeing 737-7H4, N471WN, operated by Southwest Airlines (SWA), which departed the end of runway 31C after landing at Chicago Midway International Airport. The safety issues discussed in this report include the flight crews decisions and actions, the clarity of assumptions used in onboard performance computers, SWA policies, guidance, and training, arrival landing distance assessments and safety margins, runway surface condition assessments and braking action reports, airplane-based friction measurements, and runway safety areas. Safety recommendations concerning these issues are addressed to the Federal Aviation Administration.


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    Title :

    Runway Overrun and Collision, Southwest Airlines Flight 1248, Boeing 737-7H4, N471WN, Chicago Midway International Airport, Chicago, Illinois, December 8, 2005


    Publication date :

    2007


    Size :

    248 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English