AN Air UK Fokker F27 Mk 500 (G-BNCY) overran when landing at Guernsey in the Channel Islands on 7 December, after a flight from Southampton. All 49 passengers and four crew escaped, with minor injuries. A problem occurred immediately after the touchdown, and the starboard landing gear collapsed.
Source: Flight International
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