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		wtvanhest on Jan 30, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Boeing 787 Suffers Rare Dual Engine Failure on Lan... It probably takes 15 minutes to drive there, 10 minutes to hook up the plane and 15 minutes to drag it back. Seems to make sense to me.

stephenr on Jan 30, 2019 [–]

It doesn't say "40 minutes to be towed back" it says "A tow truck arrived some 40 minutes later to tow the aircraft off the runway."

40 minutes for the truck to arrive?

wtvanhest on Jan 30, 2019 | [–]

I just answered OP's question.

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