"It hit and slid. There was a fire. This thing tumbled around
300 feet. There was extensive damage. It hit on one of the runways
and slid across a grassy area to a parallel runway."
Source: Houston Fire Department District Chief
Tommy Dowdy, briefing the Associated Press on the crash of a Cessna
Citation at Hobby International Airport Sunday. Two people on board
the Citation III were killed, after the tower asked the pilot to
expedite his departure because an inbound Southwest Airlines 737
had a developing technical problem.
FMI: www.ntsb.gov