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Old 25th Jul 2013, 22:17
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airman1900
 
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Recent tweets (beginning about 21:45 UTC July 25) from the NTSB:

NTSB releases investigative update from the7/22 Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 landing at New York’s LaGuardia Airport.

Evidence from video & other sources consistent with nose gear making contact with runway before main gear of SWA 737.

The SWA flight data recorder on the airplane recorded 1000 parameters & 27 hours of data, including entire flight from Nashville to NY.

Flaps on SWA 737-700 were set from 30 to 40 degrees about 56 seconds prior to touchdown at LGA.

SWA: Altitude was 32 feet, airspeed was 134 knots, and pitch attitude was 2 degrees nose-up 4 seconds prior to touchdown. All approx.

At touchdown at LGA, the SWA 737's airspeed was approximately 133 knots and the aircraft was pitched down approximately 3 degrees.

After touchdown at LaGuardia, the Southwest 737-700 came to a stop within approximately 19 seconds.

A cockpit voice recorder group will convene tomorrow at NTSB laboratories in DC to transcribe the relevant portion of the flight.
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