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Old 10th Oct 2001, 12:21
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The Nr Fairy
 
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Saw some footage of said SHAR ( Stream Harrier ) up to the gunwales in a stream on BBC Points West yesterday evening.

Looked like the wing box had come loose, bang seat rail clearly visible, but it appeared mostly intact otherwise, although I'm no expert a water landing appeared to have helped at least the upper bits enormously. It remains to be seen how badly damaged the underneath is.

What got my goat was the Beeb hyping it up - "three crashes in 15 months", "so-and-so was walking her dogs by minutes earlier". Interview with the lady concerned revealed she'd been in the area some 45 minutes earlier.
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