British Airways plane collides with building at Johannesburg airport
No injuries reported after plane’s wing slices through two-storey brick building next to runway
Here is the official CAA taxi chart warning of possible confusion between taxiways B and M
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By: garryrussell - 24th December 2013 at 10:23
Several 747-436 are slated for retirement and parting out
This is one that was due to be retained. Some have been parted out already so there are plenty of spares but perhaps they’ll just swap it for one of the ones due to be retired.
It’s not as though they are desperately short of the type although in the short term it might cause a hiccup whilst they organise cover.
It does seem pointless to repair such damage when they are flying perfectly servicable airframes to their doom that possibly only need an overhaul which has caused their turn to come up.
That would be a quick answer too.
Just my thoughts.
By: Arabella-Cox - 24th December 2013 at 10:08
Some sources suspect keel beam damage which would mean writeoff, but not confirmed yet.
By: cloud_9 - 24th December 2013 at 09:43
This is the damage:
Jeez, that’s gonna cost BA a pretty penny to get fixed (both the building and the aircraft!).
By: Arabella-Cox - 24th December 2013 at 05:56
This is the damage :
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By: Arabella-Cox - 23rd December 2013 at 15:56
ASN has a report :
Date: 22-DEC-2013
Time: -22:20
Type: Boeing 747-436
Owner/operator: British Airways
Registration: G-BNLL
C/n / msn: 24054/794
Read it here
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December 23, 2013 at 11:09 am