As I mentioned previously - you've got the very best of these channels up and running - well done. Superb maps and information flow - excellent and a terrific fresh coverage of these events - keep it going man
Tweed has one runway barely long enough to handle normal take offs and landings for these planes. It was smart they went to Bradley just in case. Longer runway so more room in the event of an issue. I think I remember hearing on the news they checked everything out and they ended up proceeding to Floridia.
![FLAP FAILURE on Southwest 737 Forces Diversion Over Chicago [ATC audio]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/h_KU8w5fmxA/mqdefault.jpg)
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![Air Traffic Control was Busy BEFORE the Bird Strike [ATC audio]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Bdru_H_rmGw/mqdefault.jpg)
As I mentioned previously - you've got the very best of these channels up and running - well done. Superb maps and information flow - excellent and a terrific fresh coverage of these events - keep it going man
Cheers Eoin, glad you're enjoying the videos!
I'm here to read the comments by the experts.
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0:30 : "We just took a pretty good bird strike, we're probably going to need to come back."
9:45 Touchdown
Great job by all involved.
Why didn't they just circle back to New Haven?
BDL has longer runways.
Company may be better able to accommodate passengers there, they may even have a maintenance contract with someone on field
Tweed has one runway barely long enough to handle normal take offs and landings for these planes. It was smart they went to Bradley just in case. Longer runway so more room in the event of an issue. I think I remember hearing on the news they checked everything out and they ended up proceeding to Floridia.
Like everyone said, runway is almost twice as long, and they were coming in heavy.
plane was loaded with fuel and new haven is a short runway
Expect further clearance...uh, now. 😄
It’s called „takeoff“ and not liftoff 🙃