USAir Flight 499: Snow, Tailwind, and a Runway That Ran Out

Forty years after USAir Flight 499 overran a snowy runway in Erie, Pennsylvania, we examine how tailwind, speed, and snow combined to narrow the margins. On the morning of 21 February 1986, USAir Flight 499 was approaching Erie International Airport (ERI) in Pennsylvania’s northwestern corner in instrument conditions that left little room for error. Snow […]

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