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Old 15th Nov 2019, 10:07
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DaveReidUK
 
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Originally Posted by compressor stall
My Monday morning quarterbacking is that they were high and fast
The ADS-B plots from both FR24 and FlightAware are extremely sparse, and a good example of the danger of the "join-the-dots" technique.

That said, there are two relevant points on the FlightAware plot.

The first shows the A320 approximately 700' past the threshold (roughly between the first and second TDZ markers) at a QNH-corrected height of 3025' (25' AAL) and a groundspeed of 139 kts (into a 4 kt headwind component, per the METAR). At that stage, the aircraft is very slightly left of the runway centreline.

The second point is once the aircraft is airborne again after its grassy excursion, abeam the upwind threshold at 500' AAL and by this stage about 300' to the right (south) of the runway centreline. GS is 138 kts.

The most interesting part of the trajectory is of course what happened between those two points. Sadly, both FR24 and FlightAware are silent in that respect, though doubtless the investigation report won't be.
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