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Old 3rd Nov 2004, 14:03
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Three Bars
 
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Left Melbourne yesterday morning and was delayed about 10 minutes by inbound Virgin aircraft with "mechanical problems".

Seemed that the problem was flap extension and after watching the aircraft eventually land and rollout, it would seem that there was very little flap, if any, used during the landing. It also seemed to use most of the runway during the landing roll. The touchdown appeared firm from where we were.

Fire trucks trailed along after the aircraft and a runway inspection was conducted before we were allowed to depart.
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