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Old 18th July 2011 | 19:03
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Gretchenfrage
 
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The aircraft crashed in HKG had both its wings still neatly fixed, and it was a bounced landing with subsequent flip.

Look, the wings breaking and the gear collapsing are secondary effects. The one that leads to the bounce is the initiating problem. The second hard landing, or wing scratching just increases the damage already done.

If you want to do something against such accidents, it would be pi$$ing into the Mississipi if you'd attach the gear differently, or less rigidly.

Try with training the pilots first NOT to do the hard landing leading to a bounce in the first place.

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