Newforest
October 29, 2008 at 9:40 pm

Another 742 written off?

Last Monday, a Cargo B B.742 had a serious tail scrape at Brussels on take off which may signal the end of its career, registration, OO-CBA.

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Cargo-B-Airlines/Boeing-747-228F-SCD/1403602/L/&tbl=photo_info&photo_nr=1&sok=WHERE__%28reg_%3D_%27OO-CBA%27%29_&sort=_order_by_photo_id_DESC_&prev_id=&next_id=1370174

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By: steve rowell - 17th November 2008 at 05:46

Where do they recruit these pilots from..the dirt track speedway????

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By: tenthije - 29th October 2008 at 21:46

Yeah, tail scrape at take-off (!). Gossip goes the damage extends to before the aft pressure bulkhead. If so getting the plane fixed again might indeed well be beyond economical.

Some data copied from Pprune:
-no loadsheet error (all wgts correct, loaded according to loadplan)
-cg well within limits (zfw 25pct mac)
-payload 107.5t
-no load shift as a/c full
-fob 99t
-all frt was reweighed. result 300kg difference