Yesterday a plane coming from Detroit when landing at the Lansing’s Capital City Airport skid off the runway! That must have been quite scary. For the curious ones below are two links for detailed reports:
- http://www.wlns.com/Global/story.asp?S=2613634
- http://www.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041125/NEWS01/411250347/1001/news
I am just amazed by the fact that planes can keep such a straight direction when taking off and and the landing is even more interesting. I think when landing the first impact when the plane hits the ground is enough to really mess up direction but amazingly they know what to do :).