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To: tcrlaf

How in the heck does a plane clip power lines coming into a runway?


20 posted on 03/28/2015 10:17:13 PM PDT by Artcore
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To: Artcore
How in the heck does a plane clip power lines coming into a runway?

May have clipped them after it exited the runway in the skid.

22 posted on 03/28/2015 10:32:36 PM PDT by The Cajun (Ted Cruz, Sarah Palin, Mark Levin, Mike Lee, Louie Gohmert....Nuff said.)
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To: Artcore
How in the heck does a plane clip power lines coming into a runway?

We Tu Low was pilot and Some Ting Wong was co-pilot?

31 posted on 03/29/2015 3:16:29 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Falcon 105)
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To: Artcore

Eddie Rickenbacker, the WWI Ace later founded Eastern Airlines. In the early days of commercial aviation, he was in a crash of an airliner. Electricians were wiring the airport lights and ran a power line across the runway.

He was one of the few survivors and was hospitalized for several months.


36 posted on 03/29/2015 5:11:38 AM PDT by cyclotic (Join America's premier outdoor adventure association for boys-traillifeusa.com)
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To: Artcore
How in the heck does a plane clip power lines coming into a runway?

The power lines are BELOW the level of the runway - they clipped the lines, impacted the end of runway slope, became airborne again and crashed on the runway.

See http://avherald.com/h?article=483e7337&opt=0

Pics there.

45 posted on 04/01/2015 1:22:07 PM PDT by skeptoid
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