BOAC:
Aterp - thus you are choosing to ignore wet runway performance as the work of the devil I take it?
I didn't say that. What I implied and what I meant is that more factors must be factored into landing with a tailwind on a wet runway, particularly when a significant rainfall is occurring.
The first order of business would be to land into the wind if possible, which was the case with this accident.
But at LAX, for example, with 12,000 feet of runway, it's no big deal for any civil transport.