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Old 24th Feb 2017, 08:56
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From the 'front' video it does seem that that ROD did not reduce into a flare. However, I seem to remember a u-tube video of 'scary landings' where there was a FlyBe on RW33 at BHX in what looked like worse conditions. The gear survived that one. Indeed the x-wind was so strong that day they could have landed on a very short-wide runway.

Is this a/c not designed for rough short field ops? That would factor in some extra strength into the u/c components. The engineering inspection will be interesting. Also, I wonder at the elevator input. There was no bounce. The gear seemed to just fold under on impact; i.e. there was no last second attempt at any flare with up elevator. More info from those experienced on type.
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