The captain of a regional plane continued a landing despite two go-around calls from their first officer in an approach that overshot the runway at Roanoke Airport in Virginia on September 24, according to a new report from the National Transportation Safety Board. The first officer of CommuteAir Flight 4339, operating on behalf of United Airlines as United Express, told the NTSB that the Embraer E145 plane was too high and that the rain was intensifying during the final approach.
ROANOKE, Va. -- No injuries were reported after a commercial regional jet overshot the designated touch down zone at a Virginia airport amid heavy rain Wednesday night, but was stopped in a safety area at the end of the runway, officials said. Delays continue at the airport Thursday morning. CommuteAir Flight 4339 "landed long" as it arrived at Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport around 10 p.m., according to a Federal Aviation Administration statement.