That was close... a few more feet and they'd be taking swimming lessons!! Does anyone know the cause?
I would be inclined to believe that they actually have a fair amount of way to go before they were needing swimming lessons.
Just in case anyone has missed it, on the link on the second post, where you can see the picture of the aircraft in the RESA area, to the right of that picture is a GOOGLE Earth image, you can move that image so that you have an excellent view of the runway from above.
After the RESA, there is possibly a road, then a beach then finally the sea.
The Times Online claims the aircraft landed on the beach, but are they just going by the picture from 'Elpais' or have they actually been there and taken a photo at the correct end of the runway?.
The Elpais photo does make it look like the aircraft is almost in the water, but you are seeing a photo taken with a telephoto lens which distorts the proportions of everything.
If you look at the GOOGLE Earth image you will be able to get a better feel for where the aircraft is
