Plane damaged beyond repair after hard landing at UK airport https://t.co/yHSGWSwS57

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A cargo plane was written off due to “extensive damage” after a hard landing at Exeter Airport, a report said.

The Boeing 737-4Q8 was returning from East Midlands Airport with a pilot and co-pilot who were not injured.

The plane was “beyond economical repair”, a report by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) said.

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The co-pilot said she did not know what caused the hard landing but did not believe there was a technical issue.

After the aircraft left the runway it was “listing to the left”, the report said.

“It was then that the crew realised there was something ‘seriously wrong’ with the aircraft,” it added.

It explained the damage may have been lessened if the crew had ended the attempt at landing and tried again for a second time.

The main body of the wings was “cracked and buckled” and the top end appeared “creased and rippled”, it said.

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