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Originally Posted by Brian Carlton
Short runway
Wet pavement
Lack of runway grooves
Throttle's not at idle.
No spoilers
One functional thrust reverser.
Possible no reverse thrust whatsoever (wrong throttle position).
Doesn't take a genius to figure out what's going to happen if you land under those conditions.
The reason that you don't usually have such situations in the US with US carriers is precisely the result of the Federal government involvement and oversight.
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It was an amazing confluence of conditions. Seems like this happens semi-regularly when less advanced nations adopt the high tech of more advanced nations helter skelter.
I heard one pilot on the radio describe it as sorta like landing on an aircraft carrier.
I read where high speed trains in Europe are time competitive with airlines and use much less fuel per passenger. There would be a limit to being time competitive, of course -- shorter trips only, I imagine, say like SF to LA.