Dash 8 - TF-JMB veers off runway Greenland Mar 4/2011

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bizjets101
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Dash 8 - TF-JMB veers off runway Greenland Mar 4/2011

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While landing in heavy winds at Nuuk Airport TF-JMB a DHC-8-106 operated by Flugfélag Íslands - Air Iceland veered off the runway into a rock embankment. Unknown of there are any injuries to the 31 passengers and 3 crew on board.

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Re: Dash 8 - TF-JMB veers off runway Greenland Mar 4/2011

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BGGH 041550Z 16028G40KT 4000 -SN FEW018 BKN035 00/M05 Q1015

40Kt gust off the hills in Nuuk is not pretty. 3000 ft possibly contaminated runway, full load on a dash-8 with a hefty crosswind, the crews definitely had their hands full.
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