The story goes that repeated attempts to lower the gear on this Fokker 100 of German carrier Contact Air at Stuttgart this morning were unsuccessful, so no choice but to land on the belly. With generally happy and spectacular results. Pix here. Updated: and now video here.Search this blog
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