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All Engines-out Landing Due to Fuel Exhaustion - Air Transat, 24 August2001



 
 
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Old March 20th 05, 11:06 PM
Stefan
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David CL Francis wrote:

IRC the A/C bounced after the first touch down, touching down some
2,000'
down the Ry after the bounce per the final report.


No mention of that in Stanley Stewart's book; I quote:

....
If you have a better source of information let me know


The original poster cited the URL where you can read the official
report. You may or may not consider the official report a better source.

Stefan
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Old March 25th 05, 12:56 AM
David CL Francis
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On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 at 00:06:13 in message
, Stefan wrote:
If you have a better source of information let me know


The original poster cited the URL where you can read the official
report. You may or may not consider the official report a better source.


I have an open mind about that last bit! Can you find that URL for me?
I cannot locate it amongst the thread items that have not expired.
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Old March 25th 05, 06:50 PM
Frank F. Matthews
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http://www.gpiaa-portugal-report.com/

David CL Francis wrote:

On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 at 00:06:13 in message
, Stefan wrote:

If you have a better source of information let me know



The original poster cited the URL where you can read the official
report. You may or may not consider the official report a better source.



I have an open mind about that last bit! Can you find that URL for me? I
cannot locate it amongst the thread items that have not expired.


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Old March 26th 05, 11:57 PM
David CL Francis
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On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 at 18:50:58 in message
, Frank F. Matthews
wrote:
http://www.gpiaa-portugal-report.com/

David CL Francis wrote:

On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 at 00:06:13 in message
, Stefan wrote:

If you have a better source of information let me know


The original poster cited the URL where you can read the official
report. You may or may not consider the official report a better source.

I have an open mind about that last bit! Can you find that URL for
me? I cannot locate it amongst the thread items that have not expired.


Thanks a lot, I have downloaded it and it is very interesting. Compared
to the Gimli glider they hit the ground very hard.
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David CL Francis
 




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