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Virgin Atlantic pilots land on runway awash with debris

Aggiunto 10 anni fa

A Virgin Atlantic A330 was damaged by debris while landing in St. Lucia on Christmas Eve. A storm left water, mud and debris on the runway which caused considerable damage to the aircraft. (www.dailymail.co.uk) Altro...

Greg Byington

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Darren Wilson 10 anni fa 4

The flight was a shared service with TAB and UVF to LGW. So it was due to pick up more passengers at UVF. We can speculate at this point but I was there and it could've been a much worse end result. Let's be thankful for that. That apocalyptic weather did some serious damage to our island.

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joel wiley 10 anni fa 3

Thanks for the local perspective.

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Ron271 10 anni fa 1

18 passengers on a a330?

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Herb Green 10 anni fa 1

That was a real loser of a flight. Carry only 18 passengers plus get your aircraft damaged.

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Phil Knox 10 anni fa 1

Perhaps it's time to build a larger culvert?

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THRUSTT 10 anni fa 1

Surely if it was awash with debris, you'd see it and not land???

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nbukrey 10 anni fa 1

I believe it was at night..

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joel wiley 10 anni fa 1

Brown, under muddy water landing lights might have been a clue?

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Christoff du plessis 10 anni fa 1

Washed away approach lighting?

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