Allied 737 carried out dozens of ‘flap 15’ landings in weeks before gear-collapse excursion

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Source: Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau

Nigerian investigators have disclosed that an Allied Air Boeing 737-400 freighter carried out 85% of its landings with a ‘flaps 15’ setting in the six weeks before a gear-collapse and runway excursion at Abuja.

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