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Old 19th Jun 2020, 18:38
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DaveReidUK
 
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Originally Posted by The Fat Controller
Interesting video. It looks like the Dash 8 was on 31 and the Embraer on 11, so the DHC rolled in a roughly eastward direction:




It doesn't appear that there was an engine run taking place, although there was clearly an engineer in the cockpit for some reason (who wisely abandoned ship when it clearly wasn't going to stop).

The METAR showed a light south-easterly surface wind, so that wouldn't have been a factor. But there is a discernable slope (downwards west to east) in the terrain between the Bristow apron on the western edge of the airport and the passenger terminal, so good old gravity may have played a part.
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