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Dennis Donovan

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1. The end of a fine aircraft type
Fri Jul 26, 2024, 07:02 AM
Jul 2024

They were getting up there in age, but the type proved safer than most and had another good 10 yrs out of it. Important to note it was the foreign object debris (FOD) of a previously-departing aircraft hitting the fuel tank (causing a fire) which brought it down.

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