Originally Posted by
pax britanica
Impressed at the R4D pilot on the radio who obviously aware of the proximity to other airports and thus low level aircraft finds the time not once to twice but declare their intentions so everyone knows what they are going to do..
Yes, me too! I think they "found" the time for this because they didn't let the unexpected events rapidly escalate out of their control, re-evaluated their options and revised their decisions in time, so they had the time - not much though - to try clearing the runway ahead of them with the radio warning. So I am even more impressed with their capability to stay ahead of the airplane, make a new plan, stick to that, communicate over the radio and execute it. It was an extremely close call.