Glad they landed safely ultimately and it sounds like you did all the right stuff when she got home.
Discovering other equipment on the runway certainly can be unnerving for pilots. Sounds like the flight deck crew did exactly as they should have.
Originally Posted by
chugger1
This has shades of Tenerife.
There was likely a lot more fuel involved in Tenerife ... As the klm 747 had just refueled.