HOUSTON – The National Transportation Safety Board has released a report on their investigation of the United Airlines plane skidding off the taxiway at Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport.
On March 8, United Airlines flight reports UA2477 landed and the Boeing 737 Max exited the taxiway into a grassy area.
NTSB claims the left main landing gear (MLG) departed the paved surface and contacted a concrete structure that was recessed into the ground, resulting in its separation.
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The flight which departed from Memphis had 160 passengers and six crew members onboard, United Airlines says.
In the report, it was discovered, initially, that the touchdown was “uneventful, at an appropriate speed, and within the touchdown zone.”
Shortly after landing, the airplane slid off the runway and the left main landing gear tires and nose wheels tires entered the grass before the airplane came to a rest…