Video: Why This Landing Went Wrong

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Key Takeaways:

  • St. Barts is famous for its exceptionally challenging airport runway.
  • The runway's difficulty is due to its short, narrow design and a tall hill at one end, which has caused pilot incidents.
  • AVweb's Paul Bertorelli provides a video review analyzing a specific landing that went wrong at this tricky location.
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St. Barts, in the eastern Caribbean, is famous for having a short, narrow runway with a tall hill off one end. It’s tricky to get into, and more than one pilot has come to grief in trying. In this video, AVweb’s Paul Bertorelli reviews a landing that went wrong and why.

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