Well the problem lies in the fact that no matter how big the jet is, it is still certified to land here, just like everywhere else and with the same technique. Nobody is supposed to land short or knock fences down or whatever. Any landing on a dry runway, as certified and flown by the numbers, is supposed to be able to cross the landing threshold at 50 feet, land about seven seconds later downfield while at Vref and come to a stop with max braking and spoilers - without the aid of reverse - then they have a pad on top of that by a fair margin built in as extra runway required for the natural unforseen variances in pilot teqnique, runway condition and aircraft. In reality they can use reverse thrust for more pad on top of what you get anyhow. It isn't any different than anywhere elese except that some guys psyche themselves out into thinking they can't do it based on what it looks like at the last minute, and they think a low approach will give them wiggle room. Or in this case what you see is the result of a downdraft or something else that wasn't planned for - don't know cause I wasn't there.

It is a self fulfilling prophecy though. Most times, empiracly speaking, when guys come in low they land longer than they planned and fast - and by the very virtue of the physics they take up more room then they really needed if they crossed the landing threshold on speed at 50 feet. By the way, the end of the chevron painted black top in the pic isn't the landing threshold. The landing threshold is well beyond that, so they were - WAY TOO LOW That's why they probably got time off, if in fact that isn;t just a flight ops urban legend [:'(]

Cool pics though