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Unusual emergency landing in Australia

All the people on the aircraft were safe, with only minor injuries reported

Unusual emergency landing with a happy ending in Australia. A Beechcraft B-200 "Super King Air" aircraft (registration VH-XDV) with three people on board landed on the runway at Newcastle airport in Australia, without using the landing gear, but sliding with the fuselage on the asphalt. All the people on the aircraft were safe and suffered only minor injuries.According to an initial reconstruction...

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Melbourne, Australia, 05/13/2024 11:30
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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