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Old 18th Feb 2002, 18:08
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Yes Redtail, you are correct. It was a DC8 super 60 series owned, I think, by the now defunct Canadian charter airline, Nationair. It burst an underinflated wheel that had been inflated with air taking off from Jeddah on a Haj charter in 19XX ? The gear was retracted when the overheated wheel rim split and burst through the pressure floor causing control cable loss and a subsequent fire. All on board perished when the aircraft crashed about 2 kms short of it's return approach . . . .
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