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Old 12th Oct 2008, 22:56
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mwafrika
 
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Hard to believe there were no injuries. You'd be lucky to have no fatalities, even if its a freighter, on an accident of that nature. Seems like Eng 1 flamed out at Vr. Anyone have any info if this was a dual failure? I'm no expert investigator but if No. 2 was still running fine, overloading could be the reason why it lifted off then came back down again. It barely made it 5ft in the air. You can see the smoke from the tires making contact with the tarmac near the end of the runway.
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