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Old 6th Oct 2010, 15:28
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Originally Posted by post 56
indicating that the experienced British pilot could not stop in time because there was aquaplaning.
- decurion -we obviously have different interpretations of 'good' braking action? I'll stick with mine, if that is ok?

Originally Posted by Potcake
Now bear in mind a cloud base of 300FT or below makes RWY22 unusable as its not CATII rated due to lighting
puzzled by '300ft'/'CATII' where on earth do you get that from?

22 well within cloud/wind and vis limits, BA permitting - it is, of course, possible the crew elected to use it to avoid the cross-country taxy from The Hague
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