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The official explanation of catastrophe was hitting the birch during landing attempt... while the airplane was at about 30 meters of altitude (yes, it was a bir

by seele 14y ago

The official explanation of catastrophe was hitting the birch during landing attempt... while the airplane was at about 30 meters of altitude (yes, it was a birch not sequoia).

p_l 14y ago
At that speed, it could easily cut through the rather delicate construct that is an airliner's wing, especially close to tip as it did.
- TWAndrews 14y ago
  Not a lot of 30m birch trees around.