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Old Feb 17, 2014, 8:57 pm
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There's some nice high voltage stuff under the radome (pulse forming network in particular); that could make the hurt even greater. Looks like a brake failure, or "human factors". Bet there was a big "crunch!" sound.


Originally Posted by imapilotaz
To add insult to injury looks like Tug driver got stuck so is still sitting there staring at radome a mere foot from face until firefighters extract him.

Now that feeling has to suck
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