Originally Posted by
DaveReidUK
The E195 appears to have been back on the departure gate within a few minutes of landing, so it looks unlikely that it was towed on.
Incidentally, the aircraft performed a GA/flyby before landing, at around 400-500 ft AAL.
It was in the air for a full hour as they had to determine visually that the gear was down & undamaged. Crew suspected damage to landing gear. Also they wanted to burn off excess fuel as they had indication of a fuel leak so probably wanted to minimise risk of fire.
Except that then they taxied all the way to pax terminal, with an obvious massive leak.
Two different controllers asked if they were sure they could take off from D5, one even quoting them TORA from that point to whic crew confidently confirmed they were happy to take from D5. D6 that they were assigned by ATC would have given them an additional 1000 m of TORA.
As they reportedly took off (or, rather, separated from ground obstacles) some 800 m after rwy threshhold - it appears quite clear what happened.
Some questions will be asked.