At 11.38 am Mountain Time on 29 December 2010, an American Airlines Boeing 757 overran the 6300 feet asphalt Runway 19 at Jackson Hole airport in Wyoming, USA. The aircraft came to rest about 350 feet beyond the runway end but there was no damage to the aircraft and no injuries among the 181 passengers and crew on board. It was snowing at the time of the incident and the runway overran area was covered by hard-packed snow, something that will have played a role in the no-damage outcome of this event.
An interesting detail… When news of the incident was first published on the Flight Safety Foundation’s Aviation Safety Network, there was also a link to a video made by one of the passengers. Later this video was removed… I wonder why?
Anyway, here is the link to the detailed incident description and the (missing) video.
By the way, Jackson Hole has special relevance to BluSky Services.
As you may know, Jackson Hole airport is in the vicinity of the Grand Teton National Park and the Jenny’s Lake recreation area. When we were designing the original logo of BluSky Services, we were just after a wonderful holiday climbing the Grand Teton’s and the background of the logo was in fact inspired by those magnificent mountains.
