Originally Posted by
chevvron
Correction: for 'Dash 8' read 'Buffalo'; officially described as a 'heavy landing'. (NB it was still 07/25 in those days; I didn't change it due to variation change until late 2001)
The Dash 7 and Dash 8 both finished their display ('the show must go on') and diverted to Odiham.
And I had just finished writing the flying programme for the display next day so I had to start all over again as soon as I found out whether or not we would actually have a runway as the Buffalo fuel and brief fire had damaged the surface right on the threshold.
Very nasty and caught on camera here: