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Old 10th Aug 2008, 00:26
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Trojan1981
 
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One tough old Lockheed machine.........
An RAAF Orion went into the lagoon in the Cocos islands due to the wing structure not being constucted to manufacturers specs. This led to a re- winging program. Not related but interesting none the less.


An RAAF 707 also went down off the coast of East Sale, Victoria, Australia in 1991 after what was described as a "Sudden and extremely violent departure from controlled flight" during double assymetric training. All five crew were killed. It seems this is not a unique incident.
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