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Old 22nd Aug 2008, 11:52
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Reference Iberian crew's comments above - have I got this right?

I'd somehow assumed that the aircraft had left the airfield. Not so - it seems. From Iberia, it came to rest between the runways. Northern end of 36L is at 1,995 feet AMSL. The gulley between the runways is, at its lowest, 1,925 feet. Leave the runway and you're straight into a 70 foot gully! To my simple mind that is in no way an airfield.

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