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Southwest Airlines 1248

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have stopped about 531 feet beyond the end of the runway. However, simulations in which maximum reverse thrust was selected 2 seconds after touchdown and maintained until the airplane came to a complete stop (see case #60 in table 3)
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Southwest Airlines 1248

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Factual Information AIRCRAFT Accident Report thrust (including maximum reverse thrust as needed)37 could have been used to stop the accident airplane on the runway. The study showed that the accident airplane landed in generally deteriorating runwa
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Southwest Airlines 1248

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were eventually fully deployed about 18 seconds after touchdown, and the pilots held maximum reverse thrust until the airplane came to a stop off the end of the runway. The Safety Board's review of FDR data from four SWA 737s
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Southwest Airlines 1248

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Postaccident calculations showed that, if the pilots had promptly initiated and maintained maximum reverse thrust throughout the landing roll, the airplane would not have run off the end of the runway. Therefore, the Safety Board concludes that the pilots would
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Southwest Airlines 1248

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pilots would have been able to stop the airplane on the runway if they had commanded maximum reverse thrust promptly after touchdown and maintained maximum reverse thrust to a full stop. 13. The pilots' delay in deploying the thrust reversers
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Southwest Airlines 1248

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about 15 seconds after touchdown, initiated deployment of the thrust reversers to the maximum reverse setting. FDR evidence 9 Both pilots indicated that SWA fosters an environment in which pilots can make decisions about whether they should divert to an
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