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Old 19th Sep 2016, 14:34
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KenV
 
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Smooth landing One pilot witness was recorded as saying he watched that 777 do a very heavy landing and the crew went around from that heavy landing.
That "pilot witness" is clearly contradicted by several other eyewitness accounts and the preliminary report from the Aviation Authority which all describe a smooth and gentle landing. It is essentially impossible to have a "very heavy landing" (BTW, that should be "hard" not "heavy") when there are THREE seconds between the right and left main landing gear touching down. And then it takes another TWO seconds after that for the RAAS to make a "Long Landing" alert and FOUR seconds after that (a total of NINE seconds after initial touchdown) that the aircraft became airborne again. The timing of that sequence is impossible for a "hard landing" that results in a "bounce." The facts are quite clear. The aircraft made a smooth and gentle touchdown, and before the nose gear touched down the pilots initiated a Go Around/Rejected Landing. This was NOT a "bounce" in any sense of the term.
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