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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Travel
Alastair Jamieson

Boeing 737 cleared busy road by only 100ft because of ‘serious’ throttle fault – investigators

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A Tui flight taking off for the Canary Islands only cleared the A38 road next to Bristol Airport by 100ft because of a fault with the Boeing 737-800 throttles, air accident investigators have said.

The AAIB issued an alert over what it called “serious incident” as the flight departed for Las Palmas on 4 March with 163 passengers and six crew.

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