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Old 17th Aug 2019, 08:35
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dixi188
 
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At Shannon, if you're on 24, then you have to go to the end to turn round and then backtrack about 4000ft before you can vacate the runway. So taxiing with hot brakes to clear the runway is going to be a problem.
I recall a DC-8 doing something similar about 20 years ago and blocking the runway.
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