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Old 23rd Feb 2009, 16:30
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JW411
 
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I watched one at close quarters from the cockpit of my Belfast at the holding point of 09 at Gutersloh whilst he tried to take the touch down RHAG at Gutersloh after a hydraulic failure.

Unfortunately for him, despite touching down on the first bit of concrete in the undershoot, the hook bounced right over the cable and there he was gone at speed down the runway.

He managed to stay on the runway for a bit but then swung off into the boonies in a cloud of dust. A fast-moving bonedome shortly afterwards reassured us that he was OK!
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