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Also, not Chinese land at the wrong airport lah. RAAF Pearce runway is too short. So pilot initial instinct is correct. KNN, see Chinese pilot no up, ah?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...te-images-objects-missing-MH370-airliner.html
The two Russian made Ilyuchin IL-76 aircraft deployed by the Chinese government flew from Pearce airbase to Perth airport and off to the target area early Monday.
Aviation expert Geoffrey Thomas told the MailOnline.
Mr Thomas said the Ilyuchins, which were used by Australian forces in Afghanistan to deliver supplies and ordnance, needed the longer Perth international runway for take-off once they were fully loaded with fuel for maximum flight capacity.
'The IL-76s will use Perth airport as their take-off point for the length of this search,' he said.
Their filed flight plan from China was to flying into Perth International so there was no mistake. The IL-76s at MLW will have no problems landing at Pearce, main runway 2,439km long (18L/36R).
There is another RAAF training base at Gingin but the runway is even shorter.
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