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Old 27th Aug 2019, 19:26
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Originally Posted by sandiego89
Lord F, thank you for the hydraulics lesson! Great stuff!

If I recall correctly from another article the plane was coming from Hawaii and Santa Maria was fogged in, with Santa Barbara as the divert, so imagine time was precious. Maybe not enough time to crank everything down....
My understanding is that it had already landed in Santa Maria earlier in the evening to refuel, and was enroute from Santa Maria to Arizona when the incident occurred. Santa Barbara was the nearest divert.
I'll bet the crew is thankful the issue did not occur halfway between Hawaii and Santa Maria.

My understanding is that the wreckage has now been cleared. The secondary runways remain closed.
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