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Old 8th Jul 2003, 05:13
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Bokomoko
 
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acmi,
in fact, it was a DC10, CIU flight 4855 - OB1749 www.airliners.net/open.file/362293/M/
Wide body + night landing + high Vapp + heavy rain + poor visibility + gust wind + slippery and short runway = ... .
In short, some preliminar report: 4 on board, no injuries, runway 15 LOC antenna damaged, nose gear collapsed, damage on one engine. The airplane stopped only 1000ft after runway end...

By the way, there's a squall line over Curitiba yesterday, and several big cells, heavy rain and hailstone reports during late afternoon in the area ...

Some video and photos can be found on www.screenair.kit.net (in Portuguese).

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