H Azmal 0 Report post Posted March 22, 2009 (edited) Just saw on BBC WOrld, a FedEx MD-11 bounced on the runway at NRT and then crashed into a ball of flames...more as it comes... Edited March 22, 2009 by H Azmal Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
H Azmal 0 Report post Posted March 22, 2009 Clip as recorded from BBC (No Audio): http://www.mymalaya.com/mmedia/index2.htm Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Norman 1 Report post Posted March 22, 2009 Wow... that's bad... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cornelis Boersma 0 Report post Posted March 23, 2009 movies are available on youtube. Strange looking crash, first landing on main landinggear then bumbing up, 2nd TD is on nosewheels, then collapsing and getting into fire.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Simon 3 Report post Posted March 23, 2009 Due to unbalance cargo load? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Denny Yen 0 Report post Posted March 23, 2009 According to Japanese TV, the winds were very strong at that time. The a/c touched-down once, but uplifted again. And 2nd time, it nose-dived onto rwy and left wing slammed on rwy followed by fireball. English video link is here: http://www.necn.com/Boston/World/200...237768271.html For a longer footage (from Japanese TV)...you can see the plane nose-dived slightly towards the rwy, after-crash footage, etc: http://www.postchronicle.com/news/br...12217074.shtml Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Denny Yen 0 Report post Posted March 23, 2009 Aerial photos... Landing gear photos...from video, L gears probably snapped on 2nd landing on rwy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Louis L. 2 Report post Posted March 23, 2009 very sad to see this kind of incident, especially after after viewing the video of the moment before they crash. the a/c bouched very violently. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gavin Andrew David 6 Report post Posted March 23, 2009 Beautiful Tri-jet gone to waste . Guess the last thing the pilots heard was " Stabilizer Motion " What I fail to understand is , why is it so hard to go around? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Norman 1 Report post Posted March 23, 2009 Beautiful Tri-jet gone to waste . Guess the last thing the pilots heard was " Stabilizer Motion " What I fail to understand is , why is it so hard to go around? So many things can happened within the few seconds... and check other MD11 crashes... and you'd wonder why MD.D made the MD11's stabilsers smaller than DC10... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mohd Suhaimi Fariz 2 Report post Posted March 23, 2009 Fedex lost how many MD-11's now? Always the same situation, crash during landing. Any news on the fate of the crew? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Y. J. Foo 0 Report post Posted March 23, 2009 (edited) News have it that both pilots died... :sorry: Also someone at A.net noted that the doomed MD11s tend to be flipped... Namely CI642 and N611FE at EWR 12 years ago... Edited March 23, 2009 by Y. J. Foo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wilber Tan 0 Report post Posted March 23, 2009 wat a scary crash...yaiks... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yusoff 1 Report post Posted March 23, 2009 (edited) This Japanese news showed a graphics on how the plane crashed at 2:18 Both pilots must have perished at the moment their overturned cockpit hit the ground... RIP to both of them. Edited March 23, 2009 by Yusoff Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Isaac 0 Report post Posted March 23, 2009 News have it that both pilots died... :sorry: Also someone at A.net noted that the doomed MD11s tend to be flipped... Namely CI642 and N611FE at EWR 12 years ago... CI 642 (operated using Mandarin Airlines MD11) crashed at HKG Chek Lap Kok, not EWR in 22 Aug 1999. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Denny Yen 0 Report post Posted March 23, 2009 Pilots identified... ...A police spokesman, Yoshino Ichihara, said FedEx had identified the pilot as Kevin Kyle Mosley, 54, and the co-pilot as Anthony Stephen-Pino, 49. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/23/world/as...agewanted=print Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Simon 3 Report post Posted March 23, 2009 RIP to both pilots...... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MIR 2 Report post Posted March 23, 2009 (edited) FedEx major incidents and accidents ( Three MD-11 & three DC-10 ) So far,three FedEx MD-11 crashed during landing. RIP to the pilots. 1. September 5, 1996 – N68055, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 was written off after it was destroyed by fire at Stewart International Airport, Newburgh, NY. The aircraft made an emergency landing at the airport due to a smoke alarm, after landing the fire consumed the aircraft. 2. July 31, 1997 - Flight 14, N611FE, a McDonnell Douglas MD-11 was written off after it crashed during landing at Newark International Airport from Anchorage International Airport. The No. 3 engine contacted the runway during a rough landing which caused the aircraft to flip over and catch fire. 3. October 17, 1999 - Flight 87, N581FE, a McDonnell Douglas MD-11 was written off after landing at Subic Bay International Airport from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport. When landing, the aircraft continued down the whole length of the runway and plunged into the bay where it was completely submerged. 4. December 18, 2003 - Flight 647, N364FE, a McDonnell Douglas MD-10-10 was written off after it ran off the runway at Memphis International Airport from Metropolitan Oakland International Airport. The right main landing gear collapsed and caused the aircraft to veer off the runway. It was destroyed in the subsequent fire. 5. July 28, 2006 - Flight 630, N391FE a McDonnell Douglas MD-10-10 was severely damaged after its left main landing gear collapsed at Memphis International Airport from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. After the landing gear failed, the engine contacted the runway and casued a small fire and structural damage to the aircraft.[33] 6. March 23, 2009 - Flight 80, N526FE, a McDonnell Douglas MD-11 crashed at Tokyo Narita International Airport during landing in windy conditions. The aircraft touched down and bounced on its nose gear back into the air, coming down again on its nose gear before bouncing back up. The nose gear impacted one final time before the aircraft banked to the left and the wing clipped the ground. The aircraft came to rest upside down. Both the pilot and co-pilot died as a result of the crash. Edited March 23, 2009 by MIR Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
david.lavis 0 Report post Posted March 23, 2009 A very sad day,, R.I.P. to both of the crew. Regards, David. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Chai 0 Report post Posted March 23, 2009 R.I.P. To the pilots when plane overturned. But the impact to the gear is really hard~ How does the plane turn to the right when bounce bak to ground? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Teoh Z Yao 0 Report post Posted March 23, 2009 (edited) A sad incident recorded on video... Condolence to the victims and their families/friends... May they rest in peace... Nose dive at landing... Scary... Edited March 23, 2009 by Teoh Z Yao Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Denny Yen 0 Report post Posted March 23, 2009 Pix shows left landing gear...badly snapped and twisted sideways?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Azreen 0 Report post Posted March 23, 2009 RIP to the pilots. The sheer power of Mother Nature!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LeeTZ 1 Report post Posted March 23, 2009 RIP to the pilots Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
