An updated NTSB report says air traffic controllers encouraged the crew of a United Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 to “keep your speed up” during the approach that led to a March 2024 runway excursion at Houston. The overrun ended with the aircraft’s left main landing gear collapsing.
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The NTSB records that ATC told the crew to “keep your speed up” during the approach immediately preceding the March 2024 Houston runway excursion that culminated in a left main landing gear collapse.
Documentation of controller instruction changes the factual record around crew–ATC interactions and approach energy management—issues regulators and operators monitor for safety and training implications.
The finding arrives alongside a string of recent investigations into runway and ATC-related failures, including the NTSB’s work on a 2023 Houston runway collision (https://hype.aero/?story=042aa618-914d-40b0-9b78-21ace15c0da0), the JTSB’s Haneda interim report on cockpit monitoring and sterile-cockpit failures (https://hype.aero/?story=bfd87f69-802a-478e-87e4-472ebcc1fdd0), and BEA’s probe into surface-movement/ATC issues at Nice (https://hype.aero/?story=f0b29f2d-54b9-42ef-a050-e65f918eeaf3)
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