Originally Posted by
DaveReidUK
Eagle-eyed viewers will have noted from the first photo in post #5 that the B738 had drifted to the right of the runway centreline before veering off to the left onto the grass (as confirmed by the ADS-B track).
I don't know whether that sheds any light on the likely sequence of events.
I guess that makes my left brake partial lock up hypothesis pretty unlikely...
And also seems like it's logical that it's reduces the chance of some type of inattention.. if distracted it could make sense to drift off one direction.. but to go in both directions, it seems increasingly likely that there was some type of mechanical difficulty?
The reason I'm curious, is I'm a exGA guy just down the road at RDU and my non-flying friends are bound to ask me about this event sooner or later and I'd like to be prepared to tell them something logical :-)
With that said, with an event this minor, are there any investigations and is it likely that any information will eventually be surfaced?