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NZAA
Auckland, New Zealand
Runway 23L
Fuel11,992 kg

Flight Score

93.77 %
NZAA
Auckland, New Zealand
Runway 23L
Fuel10,706 kg
29 Oct 2026 0:08 20 nm Airbus A350-900 1,286 kg
Departure Score
99.97 %
Pattern Score
90.26 %
Arrival Score
91.08 %

What went well

Held the centreline on the roll — 1.12 m off at liftoff

What held you back

Firm touchdown — 374 fpm, −2.01 points across the landing and the touchdown
  • Arrival Landing · flare: the descent was not taken out−1.10
  • Arrival Touchdown · sink rate 374 fpm−0.90
Pattern Downwind — Average altitude 1,484 ft agl at 3 %, −1.38 points
Pattern Base Leg — Heading 11.7 ° at 56 %, −0.95 points

Next time

Arrival

Close the throttles further on final so you cross the threshold at 125 kt, removing the excess energy before the flare.

What happened: The aircraft crossed the threshold at 140 kt, 15 kt above the 125 kt target, and the flare was not begun until 6.1 ft, well inside the normal flare band. Carrying excess speed that late into the approach usually leaves the flare started late and the touchdown arriving firm.

Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 125 kt at the threshold

See Arrival LandingArrival Touchdown

Arrive slow and the sink rate at the threshold is already above schedule, the flare is short because there is no energy to extend it, and the touchdown is hard in a way that feels exactly like a late flare. Diagnosing a slow arrival as a late flare is the catastrophic misread: you respond by flaring earlier, which bleeds more speed, which makes the next one worse. The tiebreaker is threshold speed against VRef, not feel. Never diagnose a flare without it.

Read more in Flare Timing

Start to finish · 14 stages, 13 in the score

The flight story

Departure One segment per stage, in flight order — colour is the score band. Drag the bar to move along the flight, or click a stage card to open its detail. Arrival
Departure Runway Entry Entering runway 23L at NZAA Auckland International Airport, Average speed was 20 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 0 kt0 kt min to max 0 kt 0 0 kt
Info Average pitch angle -0.3 °-0.3 ° min to max -0.3 ° -0.3 -0.3 °
Info Average bank angle 0.0 °0.0 ° min to max 0.0 ° 0.0 0.0 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g1.00 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 1.00 g

Events

Info Battery Master On 15 ft agl · 20 kt
Info Engine 1 Started 15 ft agl · 20 kt
Info Engine 2 Started 15 ft agl · 20 kt
Info Beacon Lights Switched On 15 ft agl · 20 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched On 15 ft agl · 20 kt
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 15 ft agl · 20 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 15 ft agl · 20 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 15 ft agl · 20 kt
Info Autopilot Master Switched On 15 ft agl · 20 kt
Info Autopilot Wing Leveler Activated 15 ft agl · 20 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated 15 ft agl · 20 kt
Info Autopilot Flight Director Activated 15 ft agl · 20 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 15 ft agl · 20 kt
Info Parking Brake On 15 ft agl · 20 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 15 ft agl · 20 kt
Departure Roll 100.00Departure roll runway 23L at NZAA Auckland International Airport. Takeoff distance 792 m 22 % of runway. Rotation speed was 149 kt. Local weather - Temperature 19 °C. Wind 27 kt at 280 °. Crosswind: 13 kt Headwind: 23 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 792 m22 % of runway
100 % Rotation speed was 149 ktTarget 148 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 2.45 m left2.45 m left to 0.00 m left 1.61 1.12 m
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.09 g 1.00 1.09 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 0.0 °-0.4 ° min to max 3.5 ° -0.3 3.5 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 1.0 ° 0.0 1.0 °

Events

Info Parking Brake Off 15 ft agl · 15 kt
Departure Climb 1 100.00Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 23L NZAA Auckland International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.0 °-0.1 ° min to max -0.0 ° -0.1 -0.0 °
100 % Average speed 158 kt155 kt min to max 163 kt 155 163 kt
100 % Average bank angle 1.2 °0.0 ° min to max 2.4 ° 1.1 1.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.23 g1.11 g min to max 1.32 g 1.11 1.31 g
Info Average VSI 510 fpm83 fpm min to max 1,266 fpm 83 1,266 fpm
Info Average altitude 7 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 24 ft agl 0 24 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 6.6 °3.7 ° min to max 10.2 ° 3.7 10.2 °
Departure Climb 2 99.92Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 23L NZAA Auckland International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 172 kt163 kt min to max 205 kt 163 205 kt
100 % Average bank angle 1.3 °0.0 ° min to max 4.9 ° 1.0 4.9 °
99 % Average g force 1.17 g0.84 g min to max 1.32 g 1.31 0.86 g
Info Average VSI 2,324 fpm1,311 fpm min to max 3,822 fpm 1,311 3,060 fpm
Info Average altitude 243 ft agl26 ft agl min to max 880 ft agl 26 880 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 11.5 °8.5 ° min to max 14.5 ° 10.3 9.1 °

Events

Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Deactivated 72 ft agl · 165 kt
Info Autopilot Glideslope Active Activated 72 ft agl · 165 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched Off 217 ft agl · 170 kt
Info Landing Gear Up 217 ft agl · 170 kt
Pattern Entry 100.00Left hand pattern entry from runway 23L NZAA Auckland International Airport. Distance was less than 1 nm in 38 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 184 kt165 kt min to max 207 kt 207 167 kt
100 % Average bank angle 17.4 °3.4 ° min to max 25.8 ° 5.0 25.8 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.78 g min to max 1.19 g 0.78 1.08 g
Info Average VSI 416 fpm-86 fpm min to max 2,862 fpm 2,862 136 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,444 ft agl1,196 ft agl min to max 1,479 ft agl 1,196 1,475 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 3.1 °2.3 ° min to max 7.5 ° 7.5 2.6 °
Pattern Crosswind 93.84Left hand pattern crosswind from runway 23L NZAA Auckland International Airport. Distance was less than 1 nm in 10 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
86 % Heading -7.1 °-20.6 ° min to max 4.4 ° 4.4 -20.6 °
100 % Average speed 168 kt167 kt min to max 169 kt 169 167 kt
100 % Average g force 1.10 g1.04 g min to max 1.13 g 1.04 1.12 g
Info Average VSI 43 fpm-11 fpm min to max 108 fpm 71 108 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,479 ft agl1,478 ft agl min to max 1,484 ft agl 1,478 1,484 ft agl
Info Average bank angle 25.5 °25.1 ° min to max 26.3 ° 25.6 26.3 °
Info Average pitch angle 2.6 °2.1 ° min to max 2.8 ° 2.6 2.1 °
Pattern Downwind Turn 100.00Pattern Downwind Turn. Distance was 2 nm. Angle to the runway's far end 74.3 °.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 166 kt164 kt min to max 168 kt 168 164 kt
100 % Average bank angle 24.6 °22.2 ° min to max 27.7 ° 26.5 22.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.08 g1.05 g min to max 1.11 g 1.10 1.06 g
Info Average VSI -304 fpm-810 fpm min to max 114 fpm 114 -810 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,471 ft agl1,411 ft agl min to max 1,492 ft agl 1,485 1,411 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -0.4 °-2.2 ° min to max 1.8 ° 1.8 -2.2 °
Pattern Downwind 70.98Pattern Downwind Leg. Distance was 8 nm in 134 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading 3.8 °-12.8 ° min to max 21.4 ° 21.4 -12.8 °
3 % Average altitude 1,484 ft agl1,262 ft agl min to max 1,668 ft agl 1,395 1,482 ft agl
100 % Average speed 171 kt156 kt min to max 178 kt 166 174 kt
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.70 g min to max 1.24 g 1.06 1.04 g
Info Average VSI 155 fpm-911 fpm min to max 1,231 fpm -869 49 fpm
Info Average bank angle 3.1 °0.0 ° min to max 22.0 ° 22.0 18.2 °
Info Average pitch angle 2.9 °-2.4 ° min to max 6.7 ° -2.4 2.7 °

Events

Info Landing Gear Down 1,430 ft agl · 180 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 1,414 ft agl · 178 kt
Pattern Base Leg Turn 86.98Pattern Base Leg Turn. Distance was 6 nm. Angle to runway (45 degrees) 19.1 °.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
57 % Angle to runway (45 degrees) 19.1 °.
100 % Average speed 175 kt174 kt min to max 176 kt 174 174 kt
100 % Average bank angle 19.9 °12.9 ° min to max 24.6 ° 18.1 22.5 °
100 % Average g force 1.05 g0.98 g min to max 1.15 g 1.03 1.11 g
Info Average VSI 4 fpm-110 fpm min to max 112 fpm 35 -83 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,484 ft agl1,480 ft agl min to max 1,488 ft agl 1,482 1,485 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 2.5 °2.3 ° min to max 2.8 ° 2.6 2.5 °
Pattern Base Leg 80.05Pattern Base Leg. Distance was 1 nm in 23 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
56 % Heading 11.7 °-8.8 ° min to max 29.3 ° 29.3 -8.8 °
100 % Average speed 174 kt170 kt min to max 177 kt 174 175 kt
100 % Average g force 1.04 g0.98 g min to max 1.11 g 1.11 1.04 g
Info Average VSI 7 fpm-236 fpm min to max 127 fpm -48 39 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,482 ft agl1,475 ft agl min to max 1,490 ft agl 1,483 1,488 ft agl
Info Average bank angle 15.3 °7.8 ° min to max 21.2 ° 21.2 17.9 °
Info Average pitch angle 2.9 °2.2 ° min to max 3.6 ° 2.5 2.7 °
Pattern Final Turn 100.00Pattern Final Turn. Distance was 3 nm in 79 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 174 kt170 kt min to max 176 kt 175 170 kt
100 % Average bank angle 9.8 °0.2 ° min to max 29.6 ° 17.1 2.9 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.81 g min to max 1.20 g 1.05 0.98 g
Info Average VSI -40 fpm-855 fpm min to max 156 fpm 21 -855 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,486 ft agl1,457 ft agl min to max 1,494 ft agl 1,487 1,457 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 2.3 °-1.9 ° min to max 3.5 ° 2.8 -1.9 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 2 1,437 ft agl · 178 kt
Arrival Approach 100.00Final approach to runway 23L at NZAA Auckland International Airport. Descent from 1,483 ft agl to 85 ft agl in 111 seconds. Scored on the stabilisation gates.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Gear downpassed at both gates
100 % Landing flappassed at both gates
100 % Sink ratepassed at both gates
100 % On glideslopepassed at both gates
100 % On centrelinepassed at both gates
100 % On speedpassed at both gates
100 % Wings levelpassed at both gates

Events

Info Flaps Position 4 828 ft agl · 144 kt
Arrival Landing 85.87Landing on runway 23L at NZAA Auckland International Airport, runway length 3,671 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was well above target at 141 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
89 % Threshold speed was well above target at 141 kt. Target 125 kt
100 % Good threshold height.Target 50 ft agl
55 % The flare strayed well off the target profile. Crossing the threshold 16 kt above target, the flare began at 6 ft agl above the runway, lower than this type wants. Touchdown was 551 m past the threshold. Begin raising the nose earlier - a late flare leaves no time to arrest the sink.
100.00 % Runway alignment max 9.48 m left9.48 m left to 5.67 m left 9.48 6.53 m
100 % Average bank angle 2.2 °0.9 ° min to max 3.0 ° 1.7 3.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.96 g min to max 1.08 g 1.00 1.02 g
Info Average speed 142 kt136 kt min to max 145 kt 141 136 kt
Info Average VSI -400 fpm-647 fpm min to max -244 fpm -646 -374 fpm
Info Average altitude 17 ft agl-6 ft agl min to max 54 ft agl 54 -6 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 1.5 °0.6 ° min to max 2.9 ° 0.6 2.9 °
07515022530037545052560067501123344657Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150225300375450525600675-24-20-16-12-8-404812162024Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 87.36Touchdown point was 144 m beyond the touchdown zone. Touchdown speed at 136 kt was fast. Touchdown rate was firm at -374 fpm. Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 7.1 m from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 18 °C. Wind 24 kt at 280 °. Crosswind: 12 kt Headwind: 21 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
59 % Touchdown rate was -374 fpm.
90 % Touchdown distance was 551 mTarget 457 m
90 % Speed at touchdown 136 ktTarget below 121 kt
98 % Runway alignment max 7.12 m left6.83 m left 6.53 7.12 m
88 % Average bank angle 2.3 °1.6 ° min to max 3.0 ° 3.0 1.6 °
99 % Average g force 1.12 g1.02 g min to max 1.26 g 1.02 1.10 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 135 kt135 kt min to max 136 kt 136 135 kt
Info Average pitch angle 3.2 °2.9 ° min to max 3.5 ° 2.9 3.5 °

Speed and pitch

From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.

Rotated at 149 kt, and lifted off at 155 kt 1.4 s later, the nose coming up at 2.4° a second.

How to read this

Two traces from brake release: the airspeed on top, and below it the pitch, which is how far the nose is above the horizon. The figures at liftoff are the pitch then and how fast the nose came up, in degrees a second.

210 kt14070020°10°0°ROTATELIFTOFF3.7° off · 2.4°/s11° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH0102030 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitch

The takeoff, point by point

PointSpeedPitchTime
Brake release0 m 33 kt -0.2° 0 s
80 kt119 m 80 kt -0.2° 5.7 s
Rotate654 m 149 kt 0.4° 16.7 s
Liftoff753 m · +6 kt from rotation 155 kt 3.7° 18.1 s
35 ft995 m · 3.3 s after liftoff 164 kt 11.2° 21.4 s
End of the climb2,392 m · 880 ft 205 kt 9.1° 38.8 s

Takeoff from NZAA 23L

Runway alignment100.00
2.45m L
Bounce on takeoffOk
None

Side view from the start of the roll to 880 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 2,631 m of runway left; then climbing at 2,550 fpm on average to 880 ft.

How to read this

The takeoff from the side: the height above the runway against the distance along it. The numbers along the runway are the speeds reached at each point. Lifting off in the amber last quarter of the runway costs marks for the roll length.

1,000 ft500 ft0THRESHOLDRUNWAY END6080100120KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLRotate 149 ktLiftoff 155 kt
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runway

Plan view the roll down the 3,671 m runway.

Rolled from 45 m in, drifted 2.3 m left of the centreline and was back on it to lift off. Airborne 21 % of the way down the runway, before the 75 % line.

How to read this

The roll from above, with your left at the top. The line is where the wheels went, and "widest" is the furthest you drifted off the centreline. Lifting off before the amber 75 % line gets full marks for the roll length.

1,0002,0003,000THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓75 %widest 2.25 m LROLL 45 M INAirborne 798 m from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 798 m of 3,671 m · 22 %
Behind the start of the roll, 45 mTakeoff roll, 753 m Left ahead, 2,873 m

Landing

The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.

100.00Centreline offset9.48 m L
Flare 54.54The flare strayed well off the target profile. Crossing the threshold 16 kt above target, the flare began at 6 ft agl above the runway, lower than this type wants. Touchdown was 551 m past the threshold. Begin raising the nose earlier - a late flare leaves no time to arrest the sink.

The circuit to NZAA 23L

Left-hand, 1,000 ft circuit height. The plan shows your circuit over a textbook one for this runway; the profile unrolls the same path from liftoff to the threshold.

Plan landing direction to the left; in pale blue the textbook circuit for your downwind speed, 1.7 nm out at 174 kt

How to read this

The lap from above, with the landing direction to the left: the opposite of the runway drawings. The wide pale-blue line is a textbook circuit for your downwind speed - the downwind a mile out for every 100 kt, every turn at 30° of bank - and your track is drawn over it, each leg in the colour of its mark. The numbers are the four turns, the same as on the profile and the cards below. The 45° line from the threshold is the usual point to turn onto base.

45° to the thresholdTHRLANDING1234crosswinddownwindbase90+75-89under 75not a circuit legtextbook circuit

Around the circuit height and bank; the turns are shaded

How to read this

The same lap straightened out, so the height and the bank can be read together. Each shaded stretch is a turn, numbered as on the plan. The green box is circuit height, 1,000 ft, on the downwind. The amber line is 30° of bank, and a turn's steepest bank shows red above 32°. "Turn crosswind from" is the lowest height to start the first turn at.

05001,0001,5002,0000°30°HEIGHT ftBANKcircuit height 1,000 ftturn crosswind from 500 ft26°128°225°330°4distance flown →
HeightBankA turnCircuit height ±50 ft30° of bank
1Crosswind turn
Turned at
1,442 ft
Bank
26°
Speed
168 kt

Off heading: 7° from the leg's heading on average.

Each lap slightly wider and higher than the last, because you're unconsciously using the previous lap as your reference instead of the runway and the numbers. Invisible lap to lap, unmistakable across ten. This is the failure that only measurement catches, because your memory of lap three is gone by lap eight.

Read more in Pattern Work
2Onto downwind
Bank
28°
Height
1,484 ft on 1,000 ft
Speed
171 kt
Out
2.3 nm 1.7 suits 174 kt

High on downwind: 1,484 ft against 1,000 ft, 484 ft above.

Downwind. Parallel to the runway, opposite the landing direction, at pattern altitude and roughly 90 kt. The single most important moment of the entire circuit is the point abeam your intended touchdown point. Power back (around 1,700 RPM in a 172 works as a starting value to calibrate), first stage of flap, pre-landing flow, and re-trim. Everything from abeam to touchdown is one continuous energy problem. Arrive at the abeam point high or fast and you'll pay for it ninety seconds later in the flare, which is why analysing only the touchdown so often misdiagnoses the fault.

Read more in Pattern Work
3Base turn
Angle
19° target 45°
Bank
25°
Height
1,452 ft

Off heading: 12° from the leg's heading on average.

Bank angle in the pattern is conventionally kept to 20 to 30 degrees, and the base-to-final turn is where that convention earns its keep. Stall speed rises with bank because the wing must produce more lift in a turn. Roughly 7 per cent higher at 30 degrees, about 19 per cent at 45, and around 40 per cent at 60. At 65 kt on base you don't have much margin to spend steepening a turn to salvage an overshoot.

Read more in Pattern Work
4Final turn
Bank
30°
Overshoot
341 m
Speed
174 kt

Overshot: went 341 m through the centreline turning final.

Overshooting final. A tailwind component on base sweeps you through the extended centreline, the instinctive correction is to steepen the bank and, when that's not enough, to skid the turn with rudder. In a real aircraft this is the base-to-final stall-spin scenario that kills people. The sim under-punishes it, because a spring yoke transmits no lightening of control force, there's no buffet through your hands, and no seat-of-the-pants sensation of the skid. You get the numbers of the skidded turn without the feel of it. The correct response is the same in both worlds and needs practising until it's reflexive. Don't steepen past 30 degrees, and if you've blown through the centreline, go around and reset.

Read more in Pattern Work
Entry100Crosswind94Turn onto downwind100Downwind71Base turn87Base80Final turn100

The approach to NZAA 23L

The final from 4 nm.

Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 1° band in green.

Inside the glideslope band from 4 nm to the threshold, never more than 160 ft above the slope.

How to read this

Your height above the runway against the distance still to go. The glideslope is the steady descent path to the aiming point, 305 m past the threshold: 3° here, which is about 320 ft for every nautical mile out, crossing the threshold at about 50 ft. The row under the distances is the height it puts you at. Inside the green band your path is drawn green; outside it, amber.

5001,0001,5002,000 ft4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRON SLOPE1,3301,0106903703° GLIDESLOPE · 1° BAND1,4521,079744575373194
GlideslopeAllowed bandYou, inside the bandYou, outside itYour height there

Plan distance off the extended centreline, your left at the top, with the 1° band. Sideways distances are drawn 7× larger than distances along the final.

Inside the 1° band from 4 nm to 0.4 nm, then 20 m left of it from 0.4 nm to the threshold.

How to read this

Looking down from above, flying left to right towards the runway: up the page is left of the centreline, down is right. Sideways distances are stretched so that small drifts show, so a line that looks wild here may be only a few tens of feet. The labels are how far off you were at each distance, amber when outside the band.

4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHR134 m L0134 m RLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓1° BAND35 m L5 m L45 m L39 m L6 m R11 m L
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the band

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Flight narrative

The Airbus A350-900 departed from runway 23L at NZAA Auckland International Airport. Takeoff used 792 m of runway, 22 % of the available length, and rotation was achieved at 149 kt. Local weather at departure was 19 °C with wind 27 kt from 280°, giving a crosswind component of 13 kt and a headwind component of 23 kt.

Initial climb to 400 ft agl lasted 19 seconds, averaging 2,133 fpm and reaching 205 kt at the top of the climb. The aircraft then entered a left-hand circuit for runway 23L. The downwind leg was 8 nm and was flown in 134 seconds at 1,480 ft agl; the base leg was 1 nm and was completed in 23 seconds.

During final approach to runway 23L, descent was from 1,483 ft agl to 85 ft agl in 111 seconds. Stabilisation checks at 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway were all met: gear down, landing flap, sink rate, glideslope, centreline, speed, and wings level. The aircraft was in final flap position 4 at 828 ft agl with a speed of 144 kt.

Landing was made on runway 23L, which is 3,671 m long, with a good threshold height. Threshold speed was well above target at 141 kt. The flare was poor, starting late. Touchdown occurred 144 m beyond the touchdown zone at a speed of 136 kt, which was fast, and the rate of descent was firm at minus 374 fpm. The touchdown point was slightly misaligned, 7.1 m off the centreline. No bounce was observed. Local weather at landing was 18 °C with wind 24 kt from 280°, giving a crosswind component of 12 kt and a headwind component of 21 kt.

The total flight covered 20 nm, lasted 8 minutes, and consumed 1,286 kg of fuel.

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