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Old 29th Oct 2016, 00:19
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Some of the chopper video shows a piece of the aircraft near the approach end of 10L. It is marked by an orange cone and looks to me like possibly part of a flap actuator and fairing. There is also a long dark streak on the left side of the runway.

Until today, I believe FedEx had gone over seven years without a mainline hull loss. I would definitely say that is a record for them. I don't believe they had gone over five years without a crash previously.

Is this possibly the seventh FedEx Mad Dog loss (two at MEM, SFS, SWF, EWR, NRT)? I've also heard rumors of a broken wing spar from a landing at ANC years ago.
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