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AA-CR-59-2227-8. Looking forward from frame 45 along port.shell
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Frames 140 to 144, looking aft on port side.
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AA-CR-59-2216-7. General view of damage to port after quarter. Note
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head 138. Flight deck corner missing.
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in the deck plating.
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AA-CR-59-2165-12. Flight deck. Looking aft along port side from about
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