tsentsan 0 Report post Posted May 25, 2008 An airport security official says a cargo plane has crashed at the end of a runway while trying to take off at Brussels airport. Belgian media reports say the Boeing 747 split in two due to the crash. Link: http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/05/25/...Plane-Crash.php Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Azuddin 1 Report post Posted May 25, 2008 Damn, it got split Azuddin Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cornelis Boersma 0 Report post Posted May 25, 2008 Has to be N704CK. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ignatius 4 Report post Posted May 25, 2008 Wow... lucky it didnt blew up despite it could have been fully loaded with fuel for her journey.. Hope everyones safe.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tamizi Hj Tamby 1 Report post Posted May 25, 2008 OMG 747 split into 2? Darn,hope the crews onboard alright. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yusoff 1 Report post Posted May 25, 2008 With video butno sound: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7419280.stm Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pieter C. 5 Report post Posted May 25, 2008 N704CK... 28 years old... was on her way to BAH... broke into 3 pieces... 4 crew safe, although 1 in shock Kalitta spokesperson did not want to 'reveal' what cargo was transported...(military stuff ?) What a luck no one was injured or killed; plane 'landed' almost on road and railroad-track Not the 1st incident with Kalitta: a few years ago, one 747 lost an engine while flying over Lake Michigan. also a similar incident happened in AMS a year back when a tyre exploded during a take-off roll Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gavin Andrew David 6 Report post Posted May 25, 2008 Isn't sneeze in BRS ? hmmm . Not sure .. but wow .. interesting ... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cornelis Boersma 0 Report post Posted May 25, 2008 You mean this one Pieter? Who's the photographer? http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=5792780&nseq=3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LeeCH 0 Report post Posted May 26, 2008 Rejected Takeoff (RTO) accident. Interesting. Didn't the computation of V1 speed ensures enough runway length in case of reject with full braking for all variable weights? Yes, pilot skills deficiency and time lapse can be factored in but not to the point of such damage. Any captains want to give a take to reject a takeoff decision with tyre burst/failure? IMO, low speed equals reject. High speed?? Heavy weight?? I think its better to GO and lift off and sort it out in the air and reduce weight and return to land. Albeit with some form of directional control loss which is manageable with low landing speeds. Hope to see some interesting replies from pilots here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ignatius 4 Report post Posted May 26, 2008 It's just to early to come to any conclussions/speculations on what went wrong and who's to be laser finger pointed in this case... Since the pilots got out on this one alive, i think listening from his point of the story is by far better than guessing it all here.. Very thankful the plane didnt KABOOOM, thats most important.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pieter C. 5 Report post Posted May 28, 2008 Since the pilots got out on this one alive, i think listening from his point of the story is by far better than guessing it all here.. Agreed...moreover blackboxes were easily retrieved from the plane, so, some sort of answer can be relatively quick... Isn't sneeze in BRS ? hmmm . Not sure .. but wow .. interesting ... BRS = Bristol/GB....BRU=Brussels/BE... Cargo Plane Breaks In Three At Brussels Airport May 25, 2008 An American Kalitta Air cargo plane drove off the runway during take-off at Brussels's main Zaventem airport on Sunday and broke in three but there were no casualties, airport and fire officials said. "The accident happened during take-off of the plane, which was going from Brussels to Bahrain," a Zaventem airport spokeswoman said. "We don't know what caused it, there is an investigation under way." The Boeing 747 aircraft's five crew all escaped via an inflatable emergency slide, fire spokesman Francis Boileau said. Four of them had minor injuries. Boileau said apart from its cargo of cars and equipment, the jet was full of fuel. He said the plane came to a halt some 200 metres (650 feet) from the runway and only 10 metres (30 feet) from a rail line. "There was a danger of an explosion just after the accident because it was full of kerosene, about 100 tonnes of it, and there was a big leak when it broke," Boileau said, adding the fire service had secured the leak in 30 minutes. "We see from the tracks on the runway that the pilot tried to stop the aircraft because he understood he could not bring it up into the air, and he drove it off the runway," Boileau said. The Kalitta Air company's web site says it is a Michigan Limited Liability Company owned by Conrad Kalitta. It started in November 2000 with three Boeing 747 aircraft and the fleet has grown to a present total of 18 747 freighters. (Reuters) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Simon 3 Report post Posted May 29, 2008 I think the fuselage already have cracks. It broke when hard breaking was applied. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
