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Old 29th Mar 2015, 18:39
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west lakes
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The power line

From Google earth seems to be lower than the runway threshold in any case

But
Looking at the insulators it could be anything up to 11,000V and looks to be about 32mm2 (.058 sq in)
To underground three spans (about 300yds) would be in the region of about £30,000 - hardly a huge expense, though the cost of the telecomms cables on the same poles is unknown.

But to actually hit that line the aircraft was below the height of the runway threshold which suggests that the line isn't really the problem!

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