High and Fast
If they were coming in high and fast, that means they have not stablized the aircraft on the approach.
I agree, it would have made the aircraft fly past the touchdown point and could have used half the runway length before the aircraft settling down. One would think however that they should have checked the airspeed (Vref + 10 or 15) and try to target that on short final, if not, do a GO AROUND.
This is just an assumption not a judgement of what might have actually happened, but maybe the aircraft's landing gear have already touched the ground and due to the thermal plugs heating up, they decided to stop the aircraft thus the hard braking.
D6
Last edited by DeltaSix; 23rd Feb 2007 at 09:34.