The American Airlines A300-600R that shed it tail right after take off from JFK was the one in November of 01. I was in Orlando coming home from homecoming that morning and all the people on Critter with me going to NY were freaking out because the airports were all closed and they were trying to figure out how to get home. Glad they did not over react and shut the DC airports down too. :) Shawn -----Original Message----- >From: Gerard M Foley <gfoley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Jun 20, 2006 5:47 PM >To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: November 2001 crash > >NY Times says (in reporting hearing on SW Midway accident): > >"Commercial aviation is going through a remarkably safe period, with no >major jet crashes since November 2001, but runway overruns continue to >be a threat." > >What was that? All that comes to my mind is the Charlotte Beechcraft >crash. I guess propjets are jets too. > >I still don't know why any pilot or controller chooses to accept a 25 >kt. tailwind, even if it isn't snowing. > >Gerry >http://www.pbase.com/gfoley9999/ >http://www.wilowud.net/ >http://home.columbus.rr.com/gfoley >http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/pollock/263/egypt/egypt.html >http://foley.foleypages.net/~gerry/