Originally Posted by DHC6tropics
Considering that KLM's skid marks are now the first set of tire marks on the runway and are well before the threshold (I will take a pic if ppl want when I get back to work)...This was an EXTREMELY early touchdown. I wouldn't dare land that short and I fly a plane a fraction of the size.
This pic actually shows the exact point where the left main touches the ground (and the other mains shortly after). It corresponds with the exact place that the tire marks start.
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1078774/M/
Photos are taken from a hotel. Actually the roof of the second hotel!!!
Check out this photo - one guy on the beach is starting to run north and the two guys by the fence have chickened out and are ducking.
I've stood on the beach while the a/c are landing. Makes you feel vulnerable.