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Old 15th Jun 2011, 06:23
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I was there, we were holding short for it as it came in and it went off the runway, bogged into the grass and flipped over, all about 10 - 20 meters from our plane.

I thought there was something dodgy happening with the landing gear as it touched down but it could have just been a weird looking one.

Anyway, we got the guys out and called some emergency crew. The photo you may have seen on the news was when their chopper got down there, after we flipped it back over and dragged it back to the apron.

Never thought id see anything like it so close up. So glad the guys were able to walk away from it as well.

Also, VH-XXX, the winds were calm when it came in to land. Either it was just a bad landing or there was something up with one of the main wheels.
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