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Old 17th Feb 2009, 16:41
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ATSI
 
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It happened to me once! However, not bird strikes.

1st ACFT returned immediately for landing and vacated
2nd ACFT departed 1 min behind, returned for landing on same runway as no 1

no time for a runway inspection between the 2 landings, but fire and rescue in position for both landings. The other parallel runway was still in use with other landing aircraft, but departures were delayed. The crossing runway not available for emergency landings unless for critical emergencies (these two were not)

was I busy on DEP, hell yes, and so became the TWR controller
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