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Old 21st May 2007, 06:42
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bushy
 
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One dark night two men were doing circuts, and just after liftoff there was a power cut, and the runway lights went off, but so did all the town lights too, leaving them with no visual cues at all. They were both experienced CPL holders, but they crashed straight ahead.
Dark nights are serious stuff, regardless of how mwny engines you have. NVFR is only "visual" if you have a moonlight night, or a lot of city lights.
I do not know of any NVFR fatalities in Australia that were the result of an engine failure. But that black hole is always waiting. We always knew where the Stuart highway was on dark nights.
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