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Old 10th Jul 2001, 21:57
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BozoUK
 
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Just a quick update - (my browser is playing up so apologies if this news has already been posted).

When I left the airport at about 1710, the latest was:

That there were no injuries, all the crew/pax were being hosted in the Airport terminal.

The departure country was Morocco.

Not sure if the right gear collapsed on landing or as a result of the r/w departure, but it was lying on the side of the runway about 100 yards away from the incident site.

The cargo of theatrical props (including some ex-military weapons) was being removed prior to the a/c being towed away from the r/w, at which tiem the airport would be re-opened - AAIB had given this permission.

The AAIB also had to give permission to move the considerable debris from the r/w.

At the time of the incident, the winds were down the r/w, about 15kts, with light rain.
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