[Ads-l] excursion

[David Wilton]

Evidently it's a standard aviation term. I was familiar with "runway incursion," but had never heard the antonym.

https://www.faa.gov/airports/runway_safety/excursion/


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A Pegasus Boeing 737 packed with passengers has skidded off the runway in Turkey and slid down a headland nearly into the Black Sea, where it perched nose down till rescue equipment could be mustered.

Airline authorities describe the event as a "runway excursion incident."

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42680238

Predictably, a cursory Google search  finds exx. back to 2004-2005.

JL

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