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Old 30th Jul 2004, 11:26
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Nobody hurt, but nearly 100 tonnes of fuel into the sea.

As a layman, reading the report, it just confirms how fiendishly complicated these aircraft are, and how many things there are to go wrong. The fact that they rarely do is a tribute to the engineers.
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