"Byker" <byker@do~rag.net> wrote in message
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Thanx for this, Byker, and your other postings ;~)
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Dingo
Sunday 9 October 1960
The HP 81 Hermes plane returned from a charter flight to Spain when it
landed at Southend and overran the runway. The plane struck an earth bank
adjacent to the airport boundary. Contact with this bank broke the nose
wheel strut from its upper attachment. The plane came to rest on an
adjoining railway track. No fatalities.
"The accident was due to the aircraft aquaplaning during part of the landing
run. The low frictional values during this condition prevented the captain
from obtaining effective braking."
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