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Old 16th March 2006 | 10:59
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fire wall
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QAR ASR, the date escapes me but cx came very close with a tristar quite some time back on a landing on 16R with a strong westerly component. End result was a hard landing with the R main ldg gear puncturing the fuel tank and the smelly stuff everywhere. Haneda has seen fit to put in a cross strip due the prevelence of the westerly/easterly flows which can be very strong (50 kts down to 200 ft then tapering off) but the appricot farmer seems to have some pull in NRT - must make for some toxic fruit though, or weavel free (not sure as to which)
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