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Old 24th Jun 2014, 09:45
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Jovirunner
 
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Earthquake on landing

Not sure if this is the right place to post this question but have tried googling for info and nothing come up so hoping people here might be able to help/ On landing in Volos on our recent holiday, on coming into land we had one of our worst landings (we fly about 6-8 times a year) ever. We were on a Monarch airbus and were really pitching/rolling quite heavily (date of flight 6 June - arrival time 15:30 - landed in Volos for refuelling before onward to final destination of Skiathos). It felt like a landing in very strong cross winds although when we landed there was no wind at all and it was very still. It was really quite nerve racking as the wings were moving up and down well off the horizontal and were were pitching badly. Anyway, to cut a long story short, on finally taking off and then arriving in Skiathos we were advised there had been a 4.5 earthquake with its epicentre quite close to the Volos area at pretty much the exact time were were landing. Now, it might be a complete coincidence but it has made me wonder if the two were connected? Any thoughts?
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