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Old 27th Mar 2018, 08:05
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andrasz
 
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Other reports say MLG door separated and hit the composite fairing. Looks dramatic but no structural damage from what I can see. Must have caused quite some noise in the cabin though...


Seems that ATSs are a bit fragile...

Many moons ago I did an evaluation of various makes/models and I was surprised to learn in the process that the ATR72 has the lowest structural weight per seat of ANY post-war airliner, which is a key selling point in high airport/ATC fee regions (which are MTOW driven).
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