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Old 22nd Dec 2006, 20:30
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I watched them land in a thunderstorm (less than 1/8 mile vis, about 2 inches of water on the runway in +TSRA) this past summer; they skidded by me nearly sideways as they tried to put their left main gear back ON to the runway, and my colleagues and I (we had chosen to wait until the weather cleared before we took off) ran out towards it, fully expecting to be pulling bodies out of the wreckage at the end of the runway. When the flying mud and water cleared, the tracks on the grass showed that they had touched down with the left mains off the runway and took out several runway lights on their offroading excursion. They didn't seem to be bothered (the tower didn't see what happened since the visibility was so bad) - they just hosed the mud off, did a quick turnaround (maybe enough time to clean the crap off the seats) and left.

Is that the kind of info you want to know?
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