I'm starting to have second thoughts about this. Just wondering what a civil court might think about the case.
Someone might suggest that any airport that accepts an aircraft as different as the 380, should raise their standards, much to the same extent they raise the fees. Their expertise perhaps should encompass some awareness of the captain's difficulties in getting the aircraft safely to the end of the runway.
I don't know, but I wonder if the airport authority can absolve themselves of all responsibility.