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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Guy Henderson & Alahna Kindred

Boeing 737 worth £90m irreparably damaged after thudding onto runway in 'heavy landing'

A Boeing 737 worth up to £90million has been written off after a heavy landing at Exeter Airport.

The aircraft landed on the tarmac so hard that it was left-leaning to one side with its fuselage bent.

The heavy landing happened in January last year and was a result of the crew continuing their landing approach in the early hours of the morning after the aircraft had become “unstable”, according to a new government report.

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