Tag Runway excursion

A runway excursion occurs when an aircraft departs the runway in use during the take-off or landing run. The excursion may be intentional or unintentional.

Types of Runway Excursion

A departing aircraft fails to become airborne or successfully reject the take off before reaching the end of the designated runway.
A landing aircraft is unable to stop before the end of the designated runway is reached.
An aircraft taking off, rejecting take off or landing departs the side of the designated runway.

Southwest Airlines – Boeing – B737-300 (N-668SW) flight WN1455

Soutwesth Airlines flight WN1455 : on March 5, 2000, about 1811 Pacific standard time (PST), Southwest Airlines Inc., flight WN1455, a…

Tower Air – Boeing – B747-136 (N-605FF) flight TOW41

Tower Air flight TOW41 : on December 20, 1995, at 1136, Tower Air flight 41, a Boeing B-747, veered off…

Valujet Airlines – Douglas co – DC9-32 (N-908VJ) flight J7597

Valujet Airlines flight J7597 : on June 8, 1995, a Douglas DC-9-32, N908VJ, was being operated by ValuJet Airlines as…

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Tag Runway excursion

Southwest Airlines – Boeing – B737-300 (N-668SW) flight WN1455

Tower Air – Boeing – B747-136 (N-605FF) flight TOW41

Valujet Airlines – Douglas co – DC9-32 (N-908VJ) flight J7597

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