In that episode: they didnt raise the flaps nor engage reverse thrust ( human error, what with having come through a hair-raising EMCY in the air...) Some airports have gravel pits at the end of their runways so that if a plane runs out out of tarmac, the front gear digs ( 'sinks' ) into the ground, and friction does the rest...
without it most
of our runways would come out short
Well if any of them fails its likely to run out of runway. I once recall watching an aircraft disaster episode where a plane crashed at the end of the runway and one of the reasons was because the pilots did not raise the flaps.
Regards,
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