Some people on this thread have expressed the opinion that the only significant causal factor was the failure of the crew to reduce thrust on landing.
To show how limited such a view is, I quote from the recently-issued U.S. NTSB Summary of their report on the December 2005 overrun at Chicago Midway:
Originally Posted by NTSB
Also, contributing to the severity of the accident was the absence of an engineering materials arresting system (EMAS), which was needed because of the limited runway safety area beyond the departure end of runway 31C.
The same obviously holds true of 35L at CGH.
PBL