"Peter R." wrote in message ...
Bushleague wrote:

On Tue, 8 Nov 2005 18:04:20 -0500, "Peter R."
wrote:

Bushleague wrote:

Weird why didn't they wait to watch the SWA 737 make a safe landing.
Never, ever let anyone (particularly a controller) rush your takeoff.

Would waiting and not rushing the takeoff have changed the outcome? My
understanding was that this aircraft was on a maintenance check flight.

All of the more reason to wait, don't you think?

Definitely. My point was that, in this particular crash, had the pilots
elected to decline the takeoff clearance and slow everything down, the
outcome still may have been a fatal crash, assuming the cause of this is
found to be catastrophic engine failure a few hundred feet in the air.


--
Peter




Maybe, if it was an engine failure, after the wait it would have failed on the ground or even during the takeoff run...