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Old 23rd Dec 2009, 15:05
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doubtfire
 
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I landed at Stansted a few nights back after significant snow, runway shut, runway open, more snow and so on. Rolled to the end of runway 04 and vacated at about 2-3 knots gs in an inch of snow. After a 13 hour duty day I saw no need to save a couple more minutes and took what I considered due care and consideration with regards the conditions. No it wasn`t ice (nor nice), but if it had of been, I still doudt I`d of managed to slide a distance the length of the a/c onto the grass. Not at 2-3 knots and taking a racing line to avoid sharp corners. I`ve no axe to grind whichever the airline, but seeing the pictures of how far this a/c was of the runway/taxiway tells me.......far to much speed/energy. It`s not rocket science. If landing on a contaminated runway, feel free to let rabbits, snails etc overtake you when going round corners.
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