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Old 3rd Nov 2007, 07:00
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SortieIII
 
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I am with Goldfish on this one. FACT has a poor record of runway/taxiway serviceability. The constant closures, and backlog of work make it a hazardous place to operate into. Couple this with frequent navaid/lighting outages, and category downgrades, and you have a recipe for an incident.
I believe that the A346 (longer than A380 0r B744) is fairly difficult to manoeuvre. My sympathies lie with the crew.
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