Trinidadian pilot Fareed Dean, who crash-landed an Air Caribbean Boeing 737-800 at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport early yesterday morning, told relatives in Trinidad that poor visibility due to heavy rainfall resulted in the aircraft over-shooting the runway, but insisted he did his best to prevent the loss of lives.
I was reading the newspaper reports which quoted the captain about the heavy rain, there was also a comment about poor runway lighting which is not uncommon in places like this.
So, from what I read so far:
Possible contaminated runway, hydroplaning?
Runway not too long.
Poor vis due to rain showers.
Not so good field lighting.
Full aircraft with extra fuel for the tankering.
And how much rest did the crew have that day?
This is rough conditions to me.