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Old 17th Apr 2012, 11:21
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Golf-Sierra
 
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When the LOT Boeing 767 SP-LPC made a gear up landing last year, despite the fact that:

- it could be classified as a crash and not an emergency landing,
- the runway was covered in foam,
- there was plenty of smoke coming from the plane,
- parts of the plane were genuinely on fire,
- fire crews were extinguishing said fires during the evac,
- the pax and crew had experienced the fatigue of an 8 hour transatlantic flight and were definitely aware of the gravity of the situation,

somehow the CC managed to evacuate everyone without a single injury. So it can be done.


The outcome on British soil and on a British operated aircraft is not as favourable. Perhaps an eye-opener that the elfensafety terror is already bringing more harm than good.
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