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Old 29th Aug 2001, 13:45
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I don´t think the fuel spill on the runway is confirmed? You can see something "wet" on the runway in some photos but that might be from the fire units after the brake fires. And if there was fuel on the runway - what had happened then with a fire in the brakes?

I´m not surprised that all tires with brakes bursted. Anti-skid was u/s and they probably came in with slats only (no flaps). Checklist says target speed 170 kt after gear extension.

HF´s don´t work on an A330 in electrical emergency configuration with no engines running.
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