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Old Jul 30, 2023 | 3:12 pm
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Originally Posted by EWR764
Looks like United is unexpectedly going to be short another 767. N641UA sustained a hard landing last night at IAH, and likely to be written off due to structural damage and cost of repair exceeding the economic value of a 32-year-old 763. Inspections will confirm later this week.

Somewhat reminiscent of the 757 at EWR in 2019 that bounced on landing and had to be scrapped on site.
Was there a storm which caused the hard landing?
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