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fromBusiness Insider
1 week ago

Regional captain did not follow co-pilot's call and plane skidded off runway

A regional Embraer E145 overran Roanoke runway after the captain ignored two go-around calls; EMAS stopped the plane and no injuries occurred.
fromABC7 Los Angeles
1 month ago

A plane had to be stopped by a safety zone at the end of the runway at a Virginia airport

ROANOKE, Va. -- No injuries were reported after a commercial regional jet overshot the designated touch down zone at a Virginia airport amid heavy rain Wednesday night, but was stopped in a safety area at the end of the runway, officials said. Delays continue at the airport Thursday morning. CommuteAir Flight 4339 "landed long" as it arrived at Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport around 10 p.m., according to a Federal Aviation Administration statement.
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