Credit: Véronique Tournier/Hans Lucas/AFP/Getty
LYON—The tailstrike of an Air Calédonie-operated ATR 72-200 at Ouvéa-Ouloup Airport in December 2024 was the outcome of the crew's limited local experience and their failure to include a landing technique in the arrival briefing, French air accident bureau BEA says in a final report. The incident...
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