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Old 15th Dec 2006, 17:58
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akerosid
 
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There was a story about this airline, to the effect that they nearly had a very serious accident at Quito - in itself a pretty difficult airport to fly into, because of high altitude (9,000'+) . From what I can recall, an aircraft took off, suffered an engine failure, but turned around (360 degrees), to land in the same runway, from the opposite direction. My details, as you can see, are pretty sketchy, but has anyone heard more about this incident?
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