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Old 9th Mar 2012, 03:56
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ross_M. Do you know what happened to that MD-11? Was this tiping due entirely to the ash (I assume) accumulation?
As Castle Don said it was during the 1991 eruption of Pinatubo.

I guess the seismic activity that close to the volcano was strong enough to tip it on its tail.
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