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Old 4th Oct 2010, 09:46
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Based on the metars and the preferential runways I cannot see an obvious advantage to landing on 22 rather than 18c or 18r. Can anybody in the know explain why they might have been using it. If I remember correctly these guys had/have an aircraft based more or less permanently in Amsterdam, so they ought to be familiar. This is not an extreme runway by any means particularly with an ILS. Maybe a bit of complacency played a role. Whilst fortunately no big deal in itself we can all learn from this kind of incident. Reminds me a bit of the Ryanair that went off the end in Charleroi I think, where the captain said she was trying to expedite clearing the runway and skidded whilst trying to turn off too fast at the end.
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