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Hello Romeotango,
You seem to be correct that "overshot" is really wrong. Surprisingly it is used at the ctv.ca publication (...when the Boeing 737-800 apparently overshot the 2,200-metre runway...) and also by AP in their report (...The Boeing 737-800 apparently overshot the 7,400-foot (2,200-meter) runway...). So even though it might not be 100 per cent correct, it seems to be common language. That's also why I used it back on 30 July 2011. Anyhow, I readded the link to the main article of the accident. There the aircraft also overshots the runway.
Regards, Joerg, the 
BajanZindy (talk) 01:33, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
Re: Caribbean Airlines, overshot vs overrun.
editThanks for your observation, regarding the Caribbean Airlines accident in Guyana. As an air traffic controller (12 years with over 9000 hours and counting) I am in the business of knowing correct aviation terminology. Newspapers and television stations, unfortunately, are not. They routinely misspell, misquote, and misrepresent the truth not because they are necessarily being mischievous, but because they are ignorant. A runway overshoot occurs when the aircraft does not touch the runway at all and ends up on the far side of that runway. An overrun occurs when the aircraft lands but fails to stop in time and ends up off the far side of that runway. You will find overshoot used a lot because it sounds fancy. It's the same way that people who don't know will say that a Boeing 738 (like the one in this particular crash) has a "jet engine". It does not. It has a "turbofan" engine. They are similar, but VASTLY different. Those of us who know better have a duty to inform those who do not of their error. Tschuss!
Romeotango (talk) 02:48, 18 November 2011 (UTC)
- Hello Romeotango,
As for me myself, you explained the difference perfectly. No reason at all to dispute you. I follow the international media since quite some years, and indeed, depending on the country and branch a certain media is in, there's sometimes a lot of nonsense around. I figured, that you must be somehow in the airport business, and as you're a long standing and highly regarded air traffic controller, I was, at least in this part, correct. You got a very important occupation with extremely high responsibility, contrary to my 17+ years in the sales and information businesses. I'm glad you started correcting the articles and would like to urge you, to continue the good work. As I know better now, I will assist you in this particular case and change the wording in the Caribbean Airlines Flight 523 article myself.
High Regards, Joerg, the
BajanZindy (talk) 11:58, 18 November 2011 (UTC)
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