Unstable Approach Caused Swiftair Wing Scrape At Kandahar Airport

Pilots of a Swiftair MD-83 that dragged its right wing over the runway threshold during an early morning landing in Kandahar, Afghanistan in January 2012 had flown an unstable visual approach leading up to the accident. None of the 91 passengers or five crew members on the flight from Dubai were...

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