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Bad Landing at London City Airport
« on: January 22, 2010, 11:11:10 AM »
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Re: Bad Landing at London City Airport
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2010, 10:46:53 PM »
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Re: Bad Landing at London City Airport
« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2010, 11:13:09 PM »
That's gotta hurt  :LOL
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Re: Bad Landing at London City Airport
« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2010, 05:12:22 PM »
No hook down either  :o
 
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Re: Bad Landing at London City Airport
« Reply #4 on: January 23, 2010, 05:39:48 PM »
Looks like a classic case of Windshear,you can see the aircraft being forced into the ground;notice the landing gear how much it absorbs the impact!
Most other similar sized aircraft would probably have broken up in such an impact.