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Moses03
February 23rd, 2015, 18:38
Was watching one of the classic Jacques Cousteau specials from the early 1970's. This particular episode about diving the Truk lagoon wrecks from WWII.

Anyways, at the 12:28 mark of the video, I was surprised to see a Continental 727 landing on a crushed coral runway at what I presume is a pre-concrete Chuuk International airport (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuuk_International_Airport).

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x13s2of_the-undersea-world-of-jacques-cousteau-collection-1-lagoon-of-lost-ships_shortfilms



It looks rather tenuous at best. At first I thought the jetliner was putting down on the sandy beach!

http://i59.tinypic.com/2ecndk7.jpg