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30th May 2008, 23:03

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The aircraft appears to have overrun in the 01 direction, i.e. beyond the 19 threshold. If so, according to the reported wind the landing might have involved a tailwind component. In addition, it is most likely that the runway was wet.
Although the runway is listed as having an asphalt surface, here is no immediate information on its condition, grooving, or likelihood of rubber deposits. However, the conditions seem to indicate increasing risk when landing on a short (limiting?) runway.

Even if this speculative view proves to be incorrect, it would be timely to review some of the issues in accidents similar to this:-

Managing the threats during approach and landing.
AC 91-79 Runway Overrun Prevention.
Running out of runway.
Safety aspects of aircraft performance on wet and contaminated runways.

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