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Old 28th Oct 2020, 13:17
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Years ago a BA 747 made an emergency diversion to a field with a short runway believing they had a hold fire.

As I recall, they send a team of engineers down to remove all the cabin fittings to get the aircraft down to a suitable TOW.
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