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Old 9th Sep 2016, 08:44
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rog747
 
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as an aside i flew LGW-DBV-LGW
2 weeks hols in AUG 1972
should have been a BCAL 1-11 500 but BCAL just pranged G-AWYS at CFU in a RTO overrun and they were short of lift

outbound from LGW we had a Northeast Trident and coming home the famous Wardair
727!

flew inex adria dc9's and super 80 plus TU-134 of Aviogenex

Aviogenex lost a 134 on landing in a Yugotours nasty firey crash at Rijeka KRK in 1971/72 coming from LGW one evening
big TS activity and the crew lost sight of the runway on short final with heavy rain and windshear and did a hard landing which flipped the 134 over upside-down and it slid on its roof on fire
all UK pax 72 died in the fire as they were trapped inside due blocked exits as the wing turned in on itself blocking the exits windows and pax were still strapped upside down in their seats. cabin crew could not open the fwd doors due distortion and also died

only the flight deck crew got out as the nose snapped off and the only pax to survive was a local yugotours rep sitting at the back and he got out through the rear baggage hold

soon after 134's had larger over wing exits installed but not sure if this was due to this accident http://www.planes-international.com/MAN-HS-AG-TU3-1.jpg
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