fcogafa From United Kingdom, joined May 2008, 633 posts, RR: 0 Posted (9 months 2 weeks 2 hours ago) and read 1461 times:
from the BBC site:
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Jet overshoots runway at Durham Tees Valley Airport
Three people escaped injury when the plane they were in overshot a runway at Durham Tees Valley Airport due to a bird strike.
Emergency services were alerted when the pilot of the Falcon 20 jet aborted the take-off at the airport near Darlington earlier.
The 20-seater plane, operated by Cobham Aviation Services, suffered minor damage in the incident.
Air accident investigators have begun an inquiry.
A spokesman for Cobham Aviation Services said: "A bird strike was reported, resulting in an aborted take-off and the aircraft overran the end of the runway.
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My question is - How do you fit 20 people in a Falcon 20......?
MHG From Germany, joined Dec 2004, 668 posts, RR: 1 Reply 1, posted (9 months 1 week 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 1013 times:
Quoting fcogafa (Thread starter): My question is - How do you fit 20 people in a Falcon 20......?
Just replace the corporate interior with 20 regular seats ...
I remember a German operator (Naske Air, HC/HCN) to operate a scheduled service using its Falcon20 (D-CBNA) for some time in such a configuration between Braunschweig/BWE and Uherske Hradiste/Kunovice (UHE) .
The aircraft was later reconfigured for Cargo - and crashed 2001 on approach to Narsarsuaq/Greenland unfortunately ...
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