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Old 26th May 2008, 14:17
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Chris Scott
 
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Just a couple of thoughts/questions for you guys.

76 tonnes sounds a fairly big payload for a -200F on a 6-hour flight. Rwy 20 is about 650m shorter than 25R, and significantly uphill; wind was light and variable (#51). opale4 tells us (#54) that 20 is the preferential runway on Sundays, but 25R would presumably have been granted if performance considerations could be cited. The two runways have closely adjacent thresholds, but one assumes (and very much hopes) that the crew knew they were taking off on 20.

Interesting that it looks almost as if the back of the fuselage has tried to overtake the front. Is this a common feature of serious overrun accidents?

Can anyone tell us how many hundreds of metres the aircraft over-ran? Banks/roads/railways predominate overruns worldwide. This is because, since the advent of the B707, the runways of old airfields have been extended and extended into surrounding areas, most of which are (or have become) suburban. Rarely is an all-new airfield built, like Munich 2.

hyperactive,
You seem to know about aircraft structures, but part of your post is a bit cryptic (#100):
no spoilers no thrust reversers gear apears stowed or at least partialy”
Are you saying that the reversers may not have been fully stowed, or are you referring to the landing gear in that sentence? There are several possible reasons for the spoilers not being extended in the photos, including instinctive retraction by the pilot as the aeroplane stopped. Conversely, pilot reselection of forward idle − and giving time enough for them to stow before the engines shut down − is unlikely, particularly in this instance.
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