Dalian Airport head-on near miss on runway, A319 and 737 stopped only 120ft apart

[Dmmoore]

Not only the U turn is BS. This part too:

600m (2000ft) is too much distance to stop from 86kts (100MPH).

If you don't belive it, just think who much would it take to stop your car at 100MPH. The plane would take about the same.

If you still don't believe it do a simple math: If the airplane had kept the 86kts it would have made less than 400m (1300ft) in the 9 seconds, or it would have taken more than 13 seconds to make the 600m. To make 600m in 9 seconds you need 130kts of AVERAGE speed, which means that, if they were braking, the initial speed should have been even greater than 130 to make an average of 130.

I expect "MAX" braking was initially applied and reduced as it became apparent to the PIC that it wasn't necessary.