Regarding the spectacular March 5 runway oppress of Southwest Airlines [LUV] Flight 1455 at Burbank.

Regarding the spectacular March 5 runway oppress of Southwest Airlines [LUV] Flight 1455 at Burbank, Calif., in which the airplane blow up through the blast wall at the far close of the runway and came to caesura just a few feet short of a gas station, the National Transportation Safety Board freshly offered these details to an investigation that is ongoing:

* Approach direct asked the flightcrew to maintain a spe of 230 knots or greater until advised, and to remain at or above 3000 ft until past a VOR beacon about 6 miles from the runway.

* From a point about 4 miles from the runway, the Southwest B737-300 droped at an angle in exces of 6 ? For Burbank's Runway 8 the instrument landing hypothesis flight path angle is 3?

* The jet touched down at a spe of about 181 knots. Depending immediately after aircraft weight, configuration, etc., nominal touchdown spe is about 140 knots.

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