AtomicSkier Posted December 30, 2010 Report Share Posted December 30, 2010 Apparently this happened yesterday morning. The AA 757 arrives first, followed by a Delta 757, then the UA 757. Both had to be diverted to Denver I think. Someone happened to be recording the landing...the pilot said the brakes failed according to the newspaper in Jackson, but it looks more like the thrust reverseres came on WAY too late, almost at the end of the runway. JAC's runway is pretty short, and requires hitting the brakes hard. http://www.jhnewsandguide.com/article.php?art_id=6831 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTc3bQzQ63U Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toast21602 Posted December 30, 2010 Report Share Posted December 30, 2010 (edited) Reminds me of the time I landed there and did a complete 180. First plane to land after being shut down for a day. As we were flying in the runway was still snowcovered and it looked like we were just landing in the middle of a farm. Pretty sure I left a drain on my seat. Edited December 30, 2010 by toast21602 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicSkier Posted December 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2010 Reminds me of the time I landed there and did a complete 180. First plane to land after being shut down for a day. As we were flying in the runway was still snowcovered and it looked like we were just landing in the middle of a farm. Pretty sure I left a drain on my seat. When we turned off the runway, I could see it was completely snow covered. On touchdown, thrust reversers deployed immediately, and they nailed the brakes hard. We stopped about as fast as we possibly could. UA guys were playing it safe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NazarethSkier Posted December 30, 2010 Report Share Posted December 30, 2010 UA guys were playing it safe Happy to hear you made it safe in UA equipment. Did your skies make it through baggage unscathed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicSkier Posted December 31, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2010 Yes my *skis* made it through safe. My new padded Volkl double ski bag helped with that. Great FA's ORD-JAC. She laughed at the Ski-UI joke after pouring my 3rd glass of wine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRacer Posted December 31, 2010 Report Share Posted December 31, 2010 Glad you got there ok...looking forward to the TR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadows Posted December 31, 2010 Report Share Posted December 31, 2010 (edited) cool be sure to let us know how youre daily bowl movements are. edge of my seat here.... Edited December 31, 2010 by Over_It 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted December 31, 2010 Report Share Posted December 31, 2010 Probably crashed because he was on his electronic device during landing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rummy Posted December 31, 2010 Report Share Posted December 31, 2010 As I understand it, JH doesn't have it's own control tower. I believe they are controlled out of SLC. The day we landed there we were in a long holding delay, until the pilot could see well enough for a visual landing. We were the last flight in that day. That same day another pilot landed his plane at an agricultural airstrip, in the next valley by mistake, and it remained on the ground for about a week until the plane could be stripped down to make it light enough to take off from the even shorter than JH runway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicSkier Posted December 31, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2010 As I understand it, JH doesn't have it's own control tower. I believe they are controlled out of SLC. The day we landed there we were in a long holding delay, until the pilot could see well enough for a visual landing. We were the last flight in that day. That same day another pilot landed his plane at an agricultural airstrip, in the next valley by mistake, and it remained on the ground for about a week until the plane could be stripped down to make it light enough to take off from the even shorter than JH runway. JH very much has a control tower, as well as an ILS glideslope/localizer to land in very low visibility. It's just a pretty short runway and I think the airport minimizes the use of chemicals to melt the snow on the runway since the airport is in a national park. http://www.airnav.com/airport/KJAC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rummy Posted December 31, 2010 Report Share Posted December 31, 2010 JH very much has a control tower, as well as an ILS glideslope/localizer to land in very low visibility. It's just a pretty short runway and I think the airport minimizes the use of chemicals to melt the snow on the runway since the airport is in a national park. http://www.airnav.com/airport/KJAC Well that's the way I remembered the story at the time. This was probably about 7-8 yrs ago. Sorry if I got it wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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