Originally Posted by TopBunk
2000 metres is plenty of runway to land a 737 on
- apologies for joining the fray late, but 2000m is nowhere near enough for a 737-400 with poor braking action. It would use all of that - and about 4-10m more, I would guess.
Have we had any BA reports on the thread?
I cannot fathom how people are quoting "3310ft " etc for this landing. Piltdown man asked for an LDA a while back - no-one has answered. It is certainly in excess of 2000m with 'poor' BA. You just cannot do it, even at F40 and full reverse. I would hazard two guesses:
1) Either the crew did not plan for a 'poor' BA
2) The crew did not know about a 'poor' BA
The fact that the Captain is reported to be 'angry' points me at 2)
EDIT: Thanks to Green-dot I now wish to reserve judgement - I had a nagging question about the 'exit point' before.