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Old 23rd Aug 2002, 10:14
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Yes, I saw that. My advice in such a situation would be to accept the failure, the (very) hard landing and just get it close to where the fire trucks are waiting patiently. Yes, you might damage the aircraft. But you've just saved the lives of the pax. CC will have them braced anyway, and on stopping they're going to blow the slides and get everyone off pronto. No point in messing around adding power, trying for a nice landing and ending up wandering through the perimeter fence, across the duck pond and the golf course, through the village pub and down onto the motorway...
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