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Old Mar 8, 2007 | 6:40 am
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dunk
 
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Zero aborted landings in 50+ segs in the last 6 months, but colleagues had an "aborted" take-off last week on KL AMS-LHR. Captain thought he might have grounded the tail, so flew around for 45 mins to burn off fuel then landed back in Schiphol. They got an overnight hotel - hopefully with a free drink to calm the nerves.

I assume 737s can't dump fuel - or the North Sea is too busy with shipping ...
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