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elrodeo666 Mentor

elrodeo666

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The explanation for the crash by jap authorities was severe wind shear..plane bounced and flipped, then boooom!!

The jap translation for wind shear is ....I wouldnt have a f**king clue!!

GTR-N1 Grand Master

GTR-N1

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Not good.

I was sitting at Narita airport later that day waiting for my flight home.

Steve

Yes we knew you were away in Japan as we bought some more items from your store.

The guys served us (God_speed aka Matt & I) well.

Windy Take-off?

Creaking in the airport roof?

Cheers,

Terry

Beer Baron Grand Master

Beer Baron

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Hell yeah aint that the truth. Then like UPS they dob you into customs and you get nailed for import duty and GST as well.

Only once, and never again...

well in some countries they like UPS are licenced duty collectors so they do levy whatever applicable taxes on their customers. can be a nasty surprise for some people.

on a serious note it's a very sad occurrence. and a very strange looking accident. from that one piece of footage it certainly looks like either mechanical failure or wind shear. poor crew. :banana:

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