Originally Posted by
JamesNoBrakes
It's amazing how people keep trying to make tailwind conditions work. Is it the complacency one gets from having TRs and being able to deal with the same amount as an X-wind with no problems? It just blows my mind...
Yep. Those winds must have been awful. Certainly a different ballgame landing on a 7000' rwy with that tailwind as opposed to a x wind. I wasn't trying to put down the crew of this jet either, because as others pointed out, they were certainly not the first crew trying to land.
I read that it was a positioning flight on another thread, so perhaps they were pushing it to make it into the field.
I certainly don't think the tailwind was the only factor by any means... Looks a lot like FDX 14 & 80's scenario. Possible windshear, long landing, and a bounce. The airplane ending up on its back doesn't help to fuel that kind of speculation.