OK, could someone please explain to me after the 10 pages of blog what exactly happened? We all know the bits and pieces and just getting confused here. Was it a wind shear? I hardly believe that since the winds were 270/12 according to the weather report. Thunderstorm with bad vis? And how can you skid off the runway and call for Mayday at the same time. I thought Aviate,Navigate,Communicate was the thing to do...
I was in a 727 full motion sim last weekend and tried to land under the same meteorological conditions and I must say It was pretty bad vis and If something would go wrong at the time of landing I would loose control over the plane. Simple.