Denver

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    Cracked Windshield on takeoff

    This is the weather for cracked windshields. One almost wonders if maintenance crews are using hot water on that cold glass in Denver.
    We see:

    Denver: Skywest CRJ7-Cracked windshield
    Denver: Skywest CRJ12-Cracked windshield
    Denver: B752-Cracked windshield

    Cold makes glass more brittle so that it can crack more easily without additional stresses. We also have:

    Valdosta: PSA CRJ7 Cracked windshield

    Do think that PSA flight flew from Charlotte NC to Tallahassee by way of Denver?

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    Continental Boeing Crashes and Burns on Takeoff


    What: Continental Airlines Boeing 737 flight 1404 Denver to Houston Registration N18611
    Where: Denver International Airport on runway 34 Right
    When: 20 DEC 2008 18:18 local time
    Who: 107 passengers 5 crew (at least 38 injured, nothing life-threatening) Ten passengers were taken to Denver Health. 15 passengers were taken to the Medical Center of Aurora. University Hospital in Aurora took in eight. Four passengers were taken to Swedish Hospital
    Why: The plane suffered a runway excursion at runway 34R during takeoff, slid into a ditch and caught fire after the crash. The #1 engine separated from the wing and the undercarriage collapsed. There was a 31 knot (36 mph) crosswind.
    Passengers debarked on emergency slides as the plane burned. 38 people were taken to 4 Denver hospitals with injuries ranging from broken bones to bumps and bruises. Fire burned the right side of the plane. Two patients at University of Colorado Hospital initially listed in fair condition were downgraded to critical condition with fractures.

    By the time the passengers had evacuated, the fire had spread inside and started melting the luggage compartments.

    Debris remained on the runway, with the plane about 200 yards away and its landing gear and left engine shorn off.

    The plane’s first flight was 1994-05-31.It has 2 CFMI CFM56-3C1 engines.