From: noreply@invalid.eu   
      
   On Mon, 04 Jun 2007 12:32:04 -0500, Rich Ahrens  wrote:   
      
      
   >"It happened back in July 2006 in the Crimea region of the Ukraine. The   
   >Tu-134 was operated by the AV-MF (air arm of the Russian Navy) and was   
   >carrying some high-ranking officers on an inspection trip. Possible bird   
   >strike on one of the engines resulted in an aborted takeoff, but it ran   
   >off the end. No fatalities."   
      
   Thank you.   
   No fatalities is quite a miracle considered the burning fuel.   
   Those people were vere lucky.   
      
   Bert   
      
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