No surprise that distance emerges as the key issue.
After a day of being saturated with the news, I posted:
armada
Instead of being 'just another number' I could order a Personal Title and help support PPRuNe
posted 5th August 2005 03:04
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broadreach: fine, but the first question to be asked must be WHERE on the runway (distance) did they touch down?
That key variable will put all these other variables into perspective: speed, weather, aircraft performance, etc., to be properly compared with SOP etc.
/ends rant.
An interesting tidbit:
http://aviation-safety.net/database/...?id=19820525-0
"PROBABLE CAUSE: The pilot's misuse of rain repellent, causing an optical illusion"