Jim Stewart writes:

It's only your assumption that it was a clumsy
landing.

I'm of the opinion that they did what they did
to get it firmly planted and stopped as quickly
as possible. And that's a safe landing, especially
for such a high value plane. A little roughness
weighed against the consequences of a overshoot
and nosegear collapse is a good tradeoff.

Why isn't this necessary with a 747?

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