| MD-80 Test Flight Hard Landing |
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| A McDonnell Douglas MD-80, on a test flight in May 1980, came down so hard that the empennage broke off upon landing, after a high rate of descent, at Edwards Air Force Base in California. All seven crewmembers aboard survived. | |||
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