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MD-80 hard landing (video)
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04-08-2006, 03:24 PM
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tomgoodman
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I understand that, during certification testing, one of the first MD-80s (then called the DC-9-80), departed the runway at Yuma and broke its back in a ditch. The Marines loaned Douglas a crane to recover it. An FAA guy was at the controls.
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