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Old 1st Aug 2011, 02:14
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CHABRIAS
 
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Re sbs story

The same story claimed the Turkish Airlines 737 at Amsterdam broke up after overshooting the runway. It never made it to the runway! A plane dropping the way it did from the height it did - effectively straight down - is going to break. All the people interviewed were ex-employees who may or may not have had an axe to grind. I'm sure the relevant authorities would notice a fault given the number of examples but so far no alarm has been raised by the NTSB etc. Simple fact is - planes travelling at high speed off the end of runways tend to get damaged.
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