Anyone know which runway they were landing on? downwind 12 or 5kt headwind 30, low cloud suggests they may have opted for the ILS 12 with the downwind? It is a tanker route, therefore high LDG weights - up to 66.3 tonne, damp runway with rubber deposits in opposite touchdown zone with downwind could change things. Not sure whether the Autobrake was inop or not....new aeroplane so unlikely. Anyway at 65t - brakes 2 (steel brakes) would be ok to go through to the end with small override dry figures, brakes 3 adequate for good reported braking action. You would have to be there to know or wait for the report.....wish there was a qantas pilot on board.....back to my beer.
Last edited by kimir; 3rd Dec 2010 at 09:45.