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Old 20th Jun 2011, 09:03
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Phileas Fogg
 
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James,

In 95-97 the 'junk' at OST flew

At the westerly end of the runway there is a carpet shop/warehouse, it has been bombed so many times by bits falling from aircraft it's roof is like a patchwork quilt .

There was also the 'famous' 2 engined B707 that took off out of OST, it had 4 engines at the time it took off but by the time it was doing an emergency 'dirty dive' in to a French military base it only had 2 engines, no hydraulics etc. and one wing on fire where 2 engines had previously been!

P.S.

Ostend Airshow (Ostend, Belgium) – Captain Omar Hani Bilal of the Jordanian Air Force display team, the Royal Jordanian Falcons, was killed when he lost control of his Walter Extra EA300s. His plane crashed at the end of the runway and burst into flames near a Red Cross tent and spectator stands. On the ground, eight were killed and forty injured.

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