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Old 13th Jun 2008, 09:38
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yellowsub
 
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Just back from KRT.

The photos on the previous page have summed it up. Aircraft wreckage is 100-200m off the northern end of the runway.

Aircraft landed on 36. Spoke to the ramp agent. Sounds like they touched down half way down the 9000 odd foot runway in the wet. Reading the Metar on previous page, with what looks like a tail wind.

Brake fans, bursting cylinders?! My two cents worth is they couldn't stop & ran off the end into the approach lights and grass/sand.

The ILS on both runways is notamed not calibrated at the moment so they probably did the VOR approach. Also the radar they had last time I was there has 'gone'

Leaving this morning we had two russian turbo props under take us on the apron as we were starting number one engine. There was a follow me car sandwiched in between, trying to hide under our wing, not the go! The tower endorsed it all and I still can't believe it happened. It's chaos.

Definitely not my favourite place to fly into.
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