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At least 127 dead after South Korean airliner crashes, explodes in fireball (www.reuters.com)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Bad week for aviation.

Looked like a perfectly survivable gear-up landing, if it weren't for the wall at the end of the runway :(

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There aren't many details available in that article, but it does mention 'bird strike' and attempting to land 'the other way'. That implies gear-up landing with at least one engine out and a tailwind. Not a lot of options for slowing down.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Yeah, its extremely unfortunate. It was so close to being a success story :(