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DON*T HATE ERAU
I'm glad nobody got seriously hurt. Santa Marta is a beautiful place in Colombia. Here's a picture I was able to find for those that prefer the visual version.
http://www.lanacion.com.ar/Varios/Ga...acion_id=16922
Hey how come the spoilers are not up?? I see they had the reverse thrust on and full flaps down.
They may have malfunctioned...there are a lot of sensors that all have to agree to deploy ground lift-dumpers, cuz you sure as h*ll don't want them to deploy in flight. If one of the sensors malfunctioned, the GLD's would fail safe which means not deployed. Such a malfunction could contribute to (but not cause) a runway over-run.
More likely the GLD's auto-retracted following the "landing" after a set period of time like they are supposed to do.