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Jan 28, 2006 | 9:43 am

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Originally Posted by justageek

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/01/27...ngs/index.html

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The pilots had used a laptop computer to calculate how far the plane needed to go to land, the NTSB said. When the runway's condition was entered as "wet-poor," the computer calculated they would be able to stop with 30 feet to spare.

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30 feet to spare???

That's only 10 yds. I would think that is toooo little margin to even try a landing. Especially at Midway where there is very little overrun area.

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