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Old 29th Mar 2015, 14:28
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Pratt X 3
 
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"This is same place that a 747 cargo crashed several years ago."

Negative, the 747 crashed off the end of the longer runway 23 heading SW.
Actually, it is almost the exact same spot, just this aircraft was landing on runway 05 to the NE while the 747 was taking off on runway 23 to the SW. In fact, it would seem that both aircraft hit the same power lines which knocked out the power to the airport on both occasions. The lights going out was the first indication something was up almost 11 years ago when the 747 crashed followed by the orange glow lighting up the pillowing smoke, something I will never forget seeing. Sadly, while they didn't contibute to the cause of the first crash, as fate was sealed by the time the power lines came into play, if they had been placed underground at some point before last night, this whole incident may have played out differently.
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