On 1/17/08, Jon Stockill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> LeeE wrote:
>
> > Looks like they were very lucky with that one.
> >
> > Coming down so short of the runway fits with reports that the pilot
> > had lost all power only a short time before touch-down and if so he
> > did well to get that far. Some reports almost seem to suggest that
> > the undercarriage failed but that would be inevitable if it landed
> > on soft ground with a high rate of descent.
> >
> > If it had come down only a few tens of yards earlier it would have
> > been a disaster.
>
> Certainly putting it on the airfield makes the emergency services job a
> lot easier too - it appears he did a fantastic job.
>
> Jon
>
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Interesting to see how the left main landing gear punctured the wing !!
Fabian
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