Canada is adopting standards aimed at helping pilots land on slippery runways
It will be the first aviation authority to apply benchmarks to help improve pilots’ ability to judge how or even whether to land. Do they go far enough? By Christine Negroni
January 28, 2021 Southwest Flight 1248 skidded off the runway in 2005, killing six-year-old Joshua Woods (Historic Collection/Alamy)
Fifteen years ago, a Southwest Airlines flight landing in snow skidded off the runway at Chicago Midway Airport. It blasted through a perimeter fence, landing atop a car carrying the Woods family.
Six-year-old Joshua was in the back seat. Next to him were his brothers, one-year-old Matthew and four-year-old Jacob. Their mother, Lisa, was in the front passenger seat. Their father, Leroy, had been driving.