CRACKED: photo of that Fokker 50 undercarriage collapse at Rotterdam…

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By: Bmused55 - 12th May 2011 at 14:35

Doesn’t surprise me. You can see the top of the fuselage it creased.
Potentialy fatal for a high wing aircraft.

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By: tenthije - 12th May 2011 at 14:28

According to an airport official speaking to RTV-Rijnmond the plane is a write-off.

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By: Balu the Bear - 11th May 2011 at 21:51

He forgot the safety pins, presumably….:confused:

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By: ThreeSpool - 11th May 2011 at 21:02

You can just imagine the sinking feeling that engineer felt…emotionally and physically!

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By: tenthije - 11th May 2011 at 20:55

The skin forward of the wings has rippled like fabric! Would the collapse have done a lot more damage than it initially appears?

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I would guess so, but I am not a structural engineer. Mind you, considering the amount of F50s that are stored it is probably cheaper to pick up another one. Big sister KLM Cityhopper still has a lot of them stored.

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By: Mostlyharmless - 11th May 2011 at 15:57

The skin forward of the wings has rippled like fabric! Would the collapse have done a lot more damage than it initially appears?

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