All good that ends good!
Now considering that fact I wonder why they came up with the brilliant idea of doing a 10 kt tailwind landing in driving rain on a 1768meter runway. Short for my 738 not long for a 737-700 , me thinks! Does anyone have the charts?
Now , we need to make a bet on how fast did they go when the nose wheel left Terra firma LDA and entered the Engineered Stuff!!
I say at least 20 kts, so just to make it interesting , I bet they did 35 kts .
That means they would have entered the Highway with a good 10 to 15 kts depending on deceleration.
Totally wild guess from me, but I think they were sliding without much wheel BA as they drifted left dramatically.
TD ,it is all about money, but this time it did pay back, in property and most probably life.
I used to hate tailwind operation , just out of principle and certainly on lesser powered aircraft then the 737.
Intersection takeoffs and tailwind operation is all about money , it has no operational advantage, in principal, and this reminds me to be more on the ball this winter.