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Old 18th Apr 2011, 08:09
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Just a naive question from a non naval person, if that fire damaged the flight deck what would they do about any other aircraft waiting to land, would the pilots have to eject and abandon the plane (assuming insufficient fuel left to reach another cariier or land)?
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