Landing on 35 gives greater length with two parallel runways to go for
Currently 35R is torn up and is under complete reconstruction (on the landing video you can see earth-moving equipment in operation on 35R in foreground). With the accident IST was down to one operating runway till the evening, causing complete havoc. I was on one of the affected flights, by the time I got in at 10pm four hours late both 35L/17R was operational again, the accident aircraft was already moved.