I have seen THY A340s use the 06-24 runway. So it can be done , as long as you are familiar with the oddities of the runway. For instance, pilots who are familiar with runway 06 fly the glide scope half dot below the real glide scope indicator. The reason for this is, that the touchdown zone elevation of runway 06 is about 10 feet below the threshold. On the other hand this Egyptair was landing on runway 24 from the other side. I think the only reason this thing has occurred is because of the fact that the runways in IST are not grooved at all. I think there was a similar incidence couple of years ago on runway 24 of a 737 by Hamburg International. If you are landing in either on those runway in IST, don't try to do a smooth landing if you are pilot, or hold on tight if you are passenger :) BAHA Fan of a cockpit visit on THY 737-400 and landing on 06 in IST. -----Original Message----- From: The Airline List [mailto:AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU]On Behalf Of Roger & Amanda La France Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 6:47 AM To: AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU Subject: Re: EgyptAir 990 EgyptAir's last deadly crash was in 1976, when one of its 707s crashed during approach to the airport in Bangkok, killing 73 people on board and on the ground. The airline also dealt with a deadly disaster in November 1985, when one of its 737s was hijacked to Malta. Egyptian troops stormed the aircraft after several hours of negotiations. The hijackers tossed grenades, and ensuing explosions and fire badly damaged the aircraft, killing 58 of its 90 passengers and two of its six crew members. The only major EgyptAir incident in this decade happened in 1996, when an EgyptAir plane skidded onto a road and hit a taxi while landing in Istanbul. Nineteen people on board the plane were hurt. EgyptAir blamed Turkish airport authorities for asking the plane to land on a short, sloping runway.