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Old 22nd Jan 2008, 20:24
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Great overhead image.

Some deductions from this:

Landed on all 3 gear legs and bounced

Port gear went straight up though the wing pretty much on first contact, the starboard gear failed.

On 2nd "landing" the main contact was with engines and nose gear.

The aircraft stayed on the ground this time, the engines plouging through the grass, tearing off the failed starboard gear.


Looking at this picture, it was fortunately that they did not hit the concrete with their vertical velocity, the structural damage and passenger injuries could have been far worse. The soft grass obviously absorbed a lot of kinetic engery.
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