Originally Posted by
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He was sat there for possibly 20-30 seconds when the wind lifted it to a near vertical position onto its wingtip.
I don't think me or my colleague are drama queens but it was only pure luck that it didn't get blown over from the near vertical.
That would imply (simple geometry) that all 3 gears lifted off the ground.
It's hard to believe that the resulting damage would be restricted to a crushed tip tank. Are we now suggesting that the UK AAIB are complicit in papering over the cracks in Manx2's operation ?