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Old 11th Jul 2007, 21:48
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Rigga
 
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When a little SNUF crashed at Laarburch in the late 90's (I think it was the very last before LBH closed) - the runway was closed for two weeks while several dinky little hangar sweepers were written-off gathering all the Carbon Fibres from the floor.
That was just one single seat Harrier!
Notably - all groundcrew ran away from the crash site and site guards had to have medical tests afterwards.
The resin in the structure is the flammable substance with regard to fires - The Fibres that float up with the smoke just clog your lungs for life.
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