Quebec Air flight 714

Quebecair flight 714, a Boeing 707 operating a flight from Toronto, caught a wind shear while on approach to Hewanorra International Airport on 19 February 1979. The windshear caused the aircraft to halt its descent while already over the threshold. The copilot who was flying at that time retarded the throttles, however at that very moment the aircraft had passed the windshear zone and the nose of the aircraft slammed into the runway and bounced twice, destroying the nose landing gear. There were no fatalities and minor injuries in this incident. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair and was written off.


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