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Old 5th Sep 2005, 08:34
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swh

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SkySista,

Apparently went off the runway into a heap of houses, those killed may have been on the ground, understand 10 cars also destroyed.

Weather there today was forecast vis around 4000 m, with TSRA, so a wet runway might have been a factor in a late reject.

Looks like they took off on 23, NOTAMs indicating that 05 approach lights U/S from 0651 today, if they went off the end off 23, there is a gully that the aircraft would have hit before getting to the houses.

Don’t forget the 737 of Kam Air that crashed on approach to Kabul earlier in the year. Something like 4900 737 series made, with 116+ hull losses, and 3398 people lost. About 2450 A320 series made, 13 hull losses, with 329 people lost. With stats like that I would fly Jetstar over OzJet any day.

This airframe supposed to have 50,000+ hrs on it, 25 years old.

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