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Old 25th July 2004 | 21:43
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spy
 
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On the grounds they got close enough to glide to the airfield I would say without doubt had the leak been detected earlier they would have landed on one engine.

However, here is the real question, would they have made it on a 180 minute flight plan at the ETP with minimum fuel required? Which ever way you look at this incident they were very lucky! A very nasty position to find yourself in over the Atlantic.

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