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Old 24th Jul 2013, 23:43
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junebug172
 
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Friend just forwarded this to me:

Guys, here is a comment from another message board from a crew member on a taxiway with a front row seat of what happened:

"Here is what I saw. We were on taxiway B short of CY abeam the
AA hangar. We were around 2000 ft from the runway end and had a
complete view of the first 2000 ft of the runway. WN seemed high
crossing the threshold and was around 20-30 ft above the 1000ft
marker when they flared and ballooned even higher. At this point
the three of us thought he was going around until he pushed the
nose over. I will admit it was such a hard pushover that even
before he hit the ground at the 1500 ft marker, nose gear first
(barley before the underside of the AC nose hit I yelled Holy
S**t. I believe after the pushover someone tried to get the nose
back up but it was a lost cause. The fact the AC stayed in one
piece is amazing. The nose gear looked like it was on a shock
disappearing back into the wheel well. The left engine hit first
and the AC started sliding left. It was pure luck that no one
was hurt, as the area it came to a stop in had a few minutes
earlier been full of AC taxiing."
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