The time was oh about 10:45 at night I supose when QANTAS flight 001 was slotting her way to the Runway somewhere below.................................... Her crew , the finest and most trained in the world. Had no idear what would be the main talk at crew Drinks that night.
Bangkok is a hot and steamy place, pron to torrentual down poors of rain, that only last a few hours at most. but are so heavy the water cant run off in a hurry and lightly floods roads and streets at times.
The overrun occurred after the aircraft landed
long and aquaplaned on a runway which was affected by water following very heavy rain.
The aircraft sustained substantial damage during the overrun. None of the three flight crew,
16 cabin crew or 391 passengers reported any serious injuries.
In terms of overall accident statistics, runway overruns are a relatively common event. Of the
49 accidents involving western-built high-capacity jet aircraft reported during 1999,
11 were landing overruns. Landing overruns typically occur when the runway is wet or
contaminated and/or the aircraft is high and fast during final approach.
The first officer was the handling pilot for the flight. The crew elected to use flaps 25 and
idle reverse as the configuration for the approach and landing, in accordance with normal
company practice (since December 1996).
The Qantas One crew noted no effect from the weather until visibility reduced when the
aircraft entered very heavy rain as it descended through 200 ft on late final approach. The
aircraft then started to deviate above the 3.15 degree glideslope, passing over the runway
threshold at 169 kts at a height of 76 ft. Those parameters were within company limits. (The
target speed for the final approach was 154 kts, and the ideal threshold crossing height was
44 ft.)
When the aircraft was approximately 10 ft above the runway, the captain instructed the first
officer to go around. As the first officer advanced the engine thrust levers, the aircraft
