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Old 13th Sep 2020, 01:56
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megan
 
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Also happened on the other side of the world, and of course the recent fatal A320 crash, double engine failure after overshooting from a gear up landing.

https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/577788...-080_final.pdf

There was an anecdote, true or not, about a Sea Venom doing night practice aircraft carrier deck landings on the base runway. On the first landing the tower saw a shower of sparks on touchdown and asked the aircraft if he had his hook down, the reply being "no". Same thing happened on the next landing, again an enquirey made of the aircraft by the tower, and again a negative response. Turned out the crew were lowering the gear after overshooting and raising it on the downwind checks, so the story goes. Minimal scrapes to fuselage. Could it be true?
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