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Cargolux Incident in Maastricht


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What: Cargolux Boeing 747-400 freighter, registration LX-GCV en route from Nairobi (Kenya) to Maastricht (Netherlands)
Where: runway 21 Maastricht (Netherlands)
When: Mar 17th 2009
Why: After landing, the plane turned, the nose gear went off the pavement and got stuck in the grass. Not the most dignified incident we recorded but hey, it’s a joy to write about something where nobody died

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