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Old 31st May 2008, 02:37
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bubbers44
 
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I hope closing TGU to large commercial aircraft is not true. The only airline that has had problems there in the last decade is Taca. They refuse to go around for some reason when they know they will land long. AA and Continental have strict rules on going around if they go beyond the 700 ft touchdown zone. Taca had an incident in another A320 about 9 years ago when they almost slid off that same cliff. When I landed my 757 there they were cocked 140 degrees to the left in the ditch between the runway and taxiway to not go off the cliff that time. Just close the TGU airport to Taca until they agree to touch down on the touchdown zone. The last report I read on the first mishap was the captain said he realized the autobrakes were not working about 500 meters from the end????? I found that in the accident files many years ago. I know Airbus pilots put a lot of faith in their automation but where does it end?
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