To clarify, I don't claim that the tailwind is the reason this happened. It'd make far more sense to attribute it to the 7,700 feet. I've been around long enough to know that, in actual fact, we know nothing and can't attribute it to anything yet.
i'll elevate myself above an armchair quarterback because we do have the numbers in front of us here (just ran them in the computer) and they suggest a 7,700 foot runway leaves a less-than-ideal margin of error for a 744 even at max brake and full reverse. Period.
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