Originally Posted by
Teddy Robinson
long runway ... plane off the end. How ? Why ?
They could have achieved taxi speed well before the runway end, stowed reversers. F/O starts his after landing flow, selecting flaps up, then arriving at the turn-off point at runway end, find nil braking on a flooded, ungrooved runway... nose wheels just slide when turned. Capt reselects reverse, but too late to prevent over run. I've seen it happen...but on a -200 where much more effective reverse saved the day.