Landing Performance News Today

Pilots should study the possible sources of uncertainty when planning a takeoff or landing and consider that runway conditions could be worse than reported.

Might be. one of the other -- so were talking about land and were talking about over sea. in terms of land, lets just say it was able to land. you still have 239 people youve got to do something with. how hard would it be, and what would the space requirements be to land this plane? >> well, the capability of the airplane to land in a short runway is phenomenal. you have what they call a.b.s., automatic braking system, and carbon brakes that get better as they heat up instead of fade as they hea...