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Old 23rd Aug 2019, 11:01
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Originally Posted by vilas
It may be interesting to know why he chose to land with gear up.
Somewhere further up thread there's a quote from the Captain where he suggests that his decision was based on the fact that as they had full tanks, there was less chance of causing a rupture and fire if he left the gear up.
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