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Taxi Damage in Las Vegas

What: MCDONNELL DOUGLAS MD-83
Where: LAS VEGAS
When: October 23, 2012
Why: On taxi, the wingtip of the MD-83 struck a perimeter fence gate. No injuries were reported.

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