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Jets
JetsClearance Readback Omitted
Boeing 737-900ER, ATR 72-500. Substantial damage. No injuries.
A last-minute evasive maneuver by the pilot landing a 737 at Kualanamu International Airport in Medan, Indonesia, the morning of Aug. 3, 2017, prevented what could have been a much more serious collision with an ATR 72 that had strayed onto the runway centerline. Rather than potentially disastrous fuselage contact, the maneuver led to contact between the 737’s left wing and the ATR’s right wing. Both aircraft were substantially damaged, but no…
