USA reporting AF landed long...

[mar]

Did I miss it?

Did someone already state the length of the runway?

To me, that's relevant.

 

[klingon67]

They either landed long or the the runway landed short

 

[inthewind]

There could ba a lot more to this story than we know. At least one of the pax said that all of the lights went out just before landing. What if they were hit by lightning? In the Dork jet we had one get hit by lightning and they lost all of the screens. What if frenchie was trying to fly off the peanut gyro in an electric jet that was not operating correctly because it had been hit by lightning? If I'm VMC below the clouds, can see the runway and know that my plane has a problem i'm probably gonna land and do my damnest to get it stopped rather than take a broke electric jet back up into some nasty weather. I'm not defending frenchie's stupid decision to begin the approach but just giving a what if scenario that might have led to him comtinuing the farcked up landing.

 

[FracCapt]

Did someone already state the length of the runway?

To me, that's relevant.

Runway lengths at CYYZ vary from 9,000' to 11,120'. There are 5 runways.

 

[Wankel7]

Wasn't the runway not grooved?

Wankel

 

[GravityHater]

oohh grammar police, grammar police! Mayday, mayday!!

never land into the direction of the earth's rotation I say. Do you have any idea how fast the earth is turning?!

 

[cptsesso]

I was in Toronto yesterday and saw the wreckage. It's amazing that everyone got out.

 

[FracCapt]

Wasn't the runway not grooved?

Wankel

I think all the runways at Toronto are grooved....but I could be wrong. I know at least some of them are. It's been a while since I've been there.

 

[KigAir]

never land into the direction of the earth's rotation I say. Do you have any idea how fast the earth is turning?!

Why aren't students taught to never turn downwind when the wind is blowing in the same direction as the earth's rotation?

 

[Mmmmmm Burritos]

Wasn't the runway not grooved?

Wankel

None of the runways are grooved in Toronto.

 

[Flinch N Flare]

Hey any landing you can walk away from is a good landing! So what if over 300 people got a free slide ride. All sorts of experts around here!

GO, GO GADGET DOJET!

 

[JWilliams]

I saw a Speedbird 747 land almost halfway down 33L.

I was with my dad who at the time commented that it landed a biiiiiit long.

As soon as the pilot got the mains on the ground he went full reverser, spoilers and I'm sure he was standing on the binders like they owed him money.

I thought for sure he was going into the harbor but he finally eeked to a stop ON the tip of the runway, infact I think his nosewheel might have gone onto the grass a slight bit.

After sitting for several seconds, stopped, on the runway, he ran his engines up and had to turn the nosewheel full deflection to actually steer backwards to get on to the taxiway.

That one makes me think twice before I take BA.