Originally Posted by
Ray_Y
Ok, I missed this. Thanks. Found the METAR stating this. And light rain (-RA). So it's not very likely that they faced highly unusual conditions (standing water, hydroplaning affecting braking action), but we don't know.
My cousin knows a van driver who's talked with a pilot and he says that standing water and hydroplaning are common in the monsoon season in India. Do you have any experience flying there? Do you have any experience at all flying a plane? Aren't you the same guy who calls a runway change a sweepover?
United UA57 cleared for wrong runway - sweepover to lined up Easyjet
Usual apologies for professional pilot talk on PPRuNE about the control positions on the throttle quadrant.