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Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy
Based on some newer videos it looks like the plane never flares for landing and comes down very hard. They probably were lucky that the wings severed, removing the fuel from the cabin. Amazing that nobody was killed.
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Some discussion here https://www.reddit.com/r/aviation/comments/1is1qoy/video_of_feb_17th_crash/
about the lack of flare, apparently pretty common in crj.
It obviously impacted hard enough to fail the gear...wind shear? Or short of threhold?
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