Originally Posted by
global2express
That's a possibility, however, I think it's more likely that they chose 27R because the wet landing performance of the Learjet was insufficient for runway 17.
Interesting point too, however, I would have thought that if it was indeed so, they would have made their planned intention known to ATC much sooner. I tend to think that it was a last minute decision which left little time to execute a tricky low altitude manoeuvre (in reduced visibility) effectively.