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Originally Posted by arsenal
That's sad. And it all could have been avoided.
First mistake. While it would be devestating for an airport to loose these types of planes, safety has to be a concern. It doesn't say why the judge banned these planes. I am guessing it had to do with the size of the planes and the proximity to the city center of the runway, and and condition of the runway.
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It doesnt mention the type of plane in the accident as being banned (A320). Most likely was due to noice concerns as the Fokker is a much smaller plane than a 737 and the CFM56 are slightly louder (few dB - 5max) than the IAE used on the Airbus ones.
The runway length is suficient enough for the 737NG version, seems on the short end for an A32X - simple fact is runway was wet as well as no anti-slip grooves in place and pilot likely overshot runway slightly and then was to slow in reacting to getting it back airborne.
Not blaming the pilots but there are procedures for a wet runway. Landing on such happens on an almost daily bassis world wide. Same type of accident as the Southwest one at Chicago Midway a while back.
MYK