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Go an read the report again. It clearly mentions that the pilots didn’t apply maximum breaking till they were a good way down the runway. That strongly suggest
by avianlyric 5y ago
Go an read the report again. It clearly mentions that the pilots didn’t apply maximum breaking till they were a good way down the runway.
That strongly suggests the pilots were worried about locking up their wheels, and thus were applying the minimum breaking they though they could get away with. Up until they realised they were running out of runway.
The runways could have been an extra 600ft long, and they still would have only stopped within 30ft of the end, because it’s quite clear the pilots were trying to use up as much of the runway as they thought they could get away with. A perfectly reasonable approach when you don’t know how hard you can break without causing a loss of traction.
You shouldn’t read so much into the amount of spare runway left when you’re dealing with a situation where consuming every spare inch is the safest cause of action.
- ncmncm 5y agoI am so glad you have no responsibility for public safety.
- avianlyric 5y agoWhat can I say. The report and remedial actions pretty much agree with what I’ve said. So those who are in charge of public safety are taking a very different stance to you. Guess we’re all screwed, probably explains why air travel has such an atrocious safety record compared to other forms of transport.