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Old 18th Jul 2007, 01:44
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that this airport had been notorious for problems of this nature, so bad that a JUDGE had ordered restrictions on this airport, but he was over ridden by a higher court.
Bomarc, the restrictions applied before the resurfacing, and that work was intended to overcome those problems. The earlier restrictions are irrelevant to this incident due to the new surface, which supposedly has a better grip co-efficient than the earlier runway. There have been no moves to re-impose restrictions since the runway reopened, probably because this is the first rain we have had since then.

Also, an A320 wouldn't be at maximum landing weight for this airport, even on a bright sunny day.

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