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It looked like the wingtip dug in, causing the "flip up", then aircraft slowed, the jet settled back down.

If the jet had done a 360, its unlikely the main fuselage would stay together, it would have broken into several large pieces.



Correction: It was an airborne near-360 after the flip up. If the jet had done a 360 on the ground, it wouldn't have stayed together. Still surprising that most passengers survived with minor or no injuries. Sad two young girls died and some received critical or possibly permanent spinal/or and head injuries.




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