The 727 has nosewheel brakes, for one.
I'm at the pointy end of a 757 at the moment, if you really must know.
It was supposed to be "civil" tongue and if you have to resort to spelling lames, well the reply there should be obvious.
Who says the nosewheels were braking anyway?
The nosewheel can become compressed under abrupt mains braking and the smoke from the nosewheel also could have come from abrupt and violent contact with the runway.
I saw all of these things as well before I posted and I'm still not sure.
As I said, I've seen a computer reconstruction taken from a FDR and it looks just like that! The FO on the reconstructed flight told me himself that it was incredibly violent and yes, the airplane was quite badly damaged.
Just thought someone here would know positively if it had happened or that it might stimulate some intelligent discussion.
What was i thinking?
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