Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/02/05/turkey-plane-skids-off-istanb.html
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Flying really has lost all appeal to me, may never return to the friendly skies…
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Well shit. Saw this on FlightRadar24 described as a “runway excursion”, and thought the plane just overshot. But they didn’t mention the 30-40 meter drop-off at the end of the runway…
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Usually the problems seem to happen on the other end of the flight.
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Xeni: <pedantic>Could have been a typo, but… there were casualties: 120. I think you meant there were no fatalities.</pedantic>
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@xeni Update - 1 fatality. Rather more casualties than originally reported.
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Word is they were landing with a strong, gusting tailwind. They got too high, too fast and ran out of runway before they got it on the ground.
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