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Old 12th Mar 2014, 12:37
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It's been stated before that the tail skid is to protect against over rotation rather than the landing case. This aircraft didn't **** it's arse on the first landing, which appears to have been bounced and then travelled another 300m metres before the second contact, the pitch attitude and speed of which resulted in significant damage.

If as some have stated that the infamous Jet2 ( can't organise a p**s up in a brewery) HR dept get involved they will likely conclude that the crew should have gone around after the first bounce following WS or diverted to TFS in the first place,all very easy after the event and I'm sure the crew would probably agree, again with the benefit of hindsight.

I'm in no way criticising the crew actions, far from it.

I assume the UK AAIB are involved ? They always seem very fair and transparent in these matter and we who fly long arse'd aircraft can learn from this.
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