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Old 7th Feb 2013, 07:35
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French BEA talks about destabilized short final, 3 bounces and touchdown on nose gear which collapsed, then veering off the runway. Sounds like EI-SLM in Shannon...
Sounds like bounced landing is the favourite way to write off an ATR. See the list below, which is not exhaustive...

ASN Aircraft accident Arospatiale/Aeritalia ATR-72-212 N438AT San Juan-Luis Munoz Marin International Airport (SJU)
ASN Aircraft accident ATR-72-212A VT-JCE Indore Airport (IDR)
ASN Aircraft accident ATR-72-201 HL5229 Jeju (Cheju) International Airport (CJU)
ASN Aircraft accident ATR-72-212A VT-DKC Bangalore-Hindustan Airport (BLR)
BREAKING NEWS: Jet Airways ATR72 nose wheel collapses at Ahmedabad, airport shut down - Bangalore Aviation
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