ROANOKE, Va. — The first officer of a United Express flight that ran off the end of a wet runway in Roanoke, Virginia, last month tried to get the captain to abort the landing twice, investigators say.
The new findings are part of a preliminary report on the September 24 incident, just published by the National Transportation Safety Board.
The Embraer 145 jet, operated by regional carrier CommuteAir, came to a sudden stop when it rolled beyond the runway edge and into a bed of compressible materials, an emergency stopping safety system known as EMAS. None of the 53 people on board were hurt…