It's probably been said earlier, maybe more than a dozen times.
If the aircraft had been on the ground in the TDZ, with tailwind within limits, it would have stopped on the runway.
If it wasn't on the ground in the TDZ, then it should have been a go around.
Even without brakes, or reverse, one or the other, it would have stopped, and the chances of both, all brake systems (three or more) and reverse thrust, failing are so remote it doesn't bear even a thought.
Eye witness reports indicate it didn't crash on the runway; it over ran the runway after a landing.
If QF1 had been on the runway at the correct point, even with the subsequent mishandling, it could have stopped. It landed long.
The only possible scenario is that it was not on the ground where it should have been with tailwind less than the specified maximum.
This is not an over simplification.
Most, or all, of us have done it but without such spectacular consequences.
Last edited by relax737; 11th Aug 2005 at 09:13.