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Old 18th November 2007 | 18:12
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From: 58-33N. 00-18W. Peterborough UK
The sudden drop off and chop seems quite expected once it got up there!
Quite! What an insane design! I'll bet the sheet steel (??) blast deflectors don't make a bit of difference to the outside world. The sloping wall has already done the work. Didn't anyone ask during design 'Yeah, but what happens if we really do get a runaway aircraft and it does climb the wall?' Clearly not.

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