AA Crash Jamaica

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“… you’ll be landing with a fifteen knot tailwind component on a very wet runway …”

“However, the co-pilot made no comment to the captain about the tailwind component and did not raise the question of continuing to land …”

“The aircraft touched down normally and within 5kt of the target speed but, given the tailwind and the wet runway, it was not possible to stop it on the remaining runway length and the aircraft overran the end of the runway. After coming to rest, the aircraft caught fire and was destroyed.”

‘Some hidden dangers of tailwind.’ Page 48.

Also see several other related articles – particularly ‘wind’ on page 60.