Our plane is just too BIG. We're going back to ORD
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The decision, after realizing the mistake, to bail out and go back to square 1, was the correct one. Doubling down and assuming someone down the line will have a solution, forcing them to improvise on the spot with unforeseen consequences, is how accidents happen.
Sadly, the sane voices seem to be a minority in this thread ...
The irony is that those who are loudly spouting all their 'improvised solutions' (backing with reversers, get the passengers to push it back, etc. ) would also be the first ones on here proclaiming what idiots they have in Chattanooga for trying some improvised solution after the aircraft end up broken and/or someone gets hurt (or worse). The Boeing flightline has a nearly endless list of processes and procedures to keep workers and aircraft safe, yet accidents still happen, aircraft still get damaged, and workers still get hurt - sometimes badly.
Commercial aviation today is incredibly safe, due to hundreds of lessons learned over the last century. We dismiss or ignore those lessons at our peril.
Commercial aviation today is incredibly safe, due to hundreds of lessons learned over the last century. We dismiss or ignore those lessons at our peril.