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OMG, dont tell me it is a DHL a/c, since im part of it... :rolleyes:

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Beijing, China (CNN) -- A cargo plane crashed early Saturday at Shanghai's Pudong International Airport, China's official news agency reported.

 

At least three people aboard the plane, registered in Zimbabwe, were injured, Xinhua reported.

 

Firefighters were at the scene.

 

BEIJING (AP) -- A Zimbabwe-registered cargo plane crashed shortly after taking off Saturday from a Shanghai airport with seven crew members aboard, state media and witnesses said.

 

The official Xinhua News Agency reported that four crew members, all foreigners, were injured. The status of the other three was not immediately clear.

 

China Central Television showed billowing thick black smoke at the scene, with police officers blocking closer access.

 

A reporter from Shanghai's Oriental Satellite Television told CCTV that the tail of the plane had broken in two or three parts, and hundreds of firefighters were spraying fire retardants on the plane.

 

The reporter said the four injured people were conscious.

 

A man answering phones at the Pudong International Airport cargo information office who requested anonymity confirmed the crash but had no details.

 

Xinhua said the crash occurred at 7:40 a.m. (2340 GMT Friday).

 

In June 2006, a Chinese military plane crashed in eastern China's Anhui province, killing all 40 people aboard.

 

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Edited by Li Ren

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It's a MD-11..

 

 

Three staff have died and four others were injured after a cargo plane caught fire at the Shanghai Pudong airport Saturday, local officials said, Xinhua reported.

The blaze occurred at 8:12 a.m., when the plane veered off the runway before it took off, they said.

All the seven foreign staff were rushed to the People's Hospital of Pudong New Area, where three of died and one is in serious condition as of 11:00 a.m.

The blaze was put out at about 9:00 a.m., rescuers said.

The plane, SMJ 324, was registered at Zimbabwe. It was scheduled to fly from Shanghai to Bishkek, capital of Kyrgyzstan

Edited by Pieter C.

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The aircraft involved is Z-BAV of Avient (http://www.avient.aero) and it was put into service with Avient on 22 November 2009 with a revenue flight to Hong Kong. From there, it flew to Singapore on the morning of 25 November 2009.

 

The aircraft is ex-Korean Air and ex-VarigLOG (PR-LGD) and prior to being delivered to Avient, it was seen in Miami as N408SH painted in Avient livery.

 

KC Sim

Edited by KC Sim

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So it seems that Z-BAV ran out of runway on its departure . . . this now echoes with the comment of a fellow aviation photographer in Singapore who was at Changi Airport on 25 November. He wanted to photograph it where he expected it to rotate and climb out . . . but the MD-11F ran till almost the end of the runway before lifting off.

 

What is especially sad is the fact that three lives were lost . . . an image of this plane landing in SIN on 25 November has been uploaded in the Singapore Changi Airport thread in Observation Hill, Mwings. This is my tribute and dedication to the crew and their loved ones.

 

KC Sim

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