Crosswinds and Contaminated Runways
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When an American Airlines MD-82 departed the runway on a stormy night in Little Rock, Ark., in June 1999, the twin jet transport was still doing nearly 100 knots despite the crew's obvious attempts to brake the airplane. How could they be going so fast? In its answer, the NTSB determined that the...
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