Apologies if this has been asked before but according to the official accident report the aircraft touched down approximately 3600 feet (1100m) past the threshold of 12L. Whilst long, by my calculations this would still leave around 8,200 feet of runway ahead. This would be around twice as far as the aicraft needs to stop with firm braking on a dry runway and indeed more than Gatwick, Manchester, Newcastle and Birmingham have available after the correct touchdown point. So why go-around in the first place?
Last edited by Doors to Automatic; 30th Aug 2017 at 10:27.