Originally Posted by
Fursty Ferret
You can get a land-after clearance in the UK. ...
I haven't had a "land after clearance" in the UK for decades. And that was most likely in the GA world.
Originally Posted by
Seat4A
Oh dear! The Canadians are 'as bad' as CDG, clearing an aeroplane to land
before the one ahead has yet landed. (I do some part-time instructing at a 'busy' UK airport and I
always emphasise to students to taxi clear of the runway and past the holding point markers expeditiously as ATC will not, and does not, clear the next aeroplane to land until you are fully clear of the runway.) But... it appears that this is
not an issue with this incident.
The touchdown was not long ... something spooked them into tossing away the landing ...
Air France do have a history of running off the end of a runway in YYZ. Maybe
that is what 'spooked' them??