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Old 20th Feb 2024, 11:45
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Cozmo_NS
 
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From exyuaviation (still cannot post links, sorry):

1. The plane almost experienced a disaster immediately after takeoff, because it barely avoided a huge billboard located on the approach road of the airport, almost perfectly aligned with the inserted runway. ILS antennas are light structures, but if the plane had hit the billboard, it would have disintegrated on the spot, and probably crashed in the middle of the highway, killing who knows how many people. On FR24, it can be seen that immediately upon take-off, the plane turned very slightly to the left, thereby saving itself.
(The billboard is mentioned by a passenger who sat next to the right wing. They flew about 20 meters left from billboard at about 5-6 meters of height above highway).


2. The statements of AvHerald and other media that the plane started flying only 500m after the end of the runway are correct for two reasons. 12R does not have extended approach lights as 12L has, so the plane did not hit them as some write, also, after the end of runway 30L there is a downhill that descends a few meters towards the approach road of the airport from the highway. The plane did not take off from the runway at all, it careened off of it, collided with the ILS antennas, the ground "droped out from under the plane" while it was flying more or less horizontally, and then it accelerated and began to climb slowly. This can be seen in detail: AIP SMATSA Precision Approach Terrain Chart RWY 12L/R.
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