Jacksonville International Airport (JAX) is now equipped with a new safety tool to prevent close calls between planes and other vehicles on the runway ... to display aircraft positions both ...
The pilot had reported a bird strike to air traffic control moments before the aircraft belly-flopped on the runway after failing to deploy its landing gear and overshooting the landing zone.
Nearly five decades later, air crews at Grand Forks Air Force Base still push boundaries of aircraft capabilities.
Neither the landing gear nor braking systems deployed when the plane hit the ground, turning the aircraft into a giant, metal sled that careened past the end of the runway — and smashed straight ...