Footage had today been made public of the TNT 737 that lost it’s starboard main gear at one airport and carried on to another to attempt a landing… Remember this one folks ?
By: bazv - 11th May 2008 at 08:04
yes kind of goes against the basic premise of …Aviate,navigate,communicate(in that order)
If only life was that simple eh !!!!
but very nice job of actually landing the a/c,handy having a big engine to file away.
cheers baz
By: steve rowell - 11th May 2008 at 06:22
Wonderful skills exuded by the flight crew
By: Short finals - 30th April 2008 at 21:23
The official report on this accident has just been published and makes for interesting reading. The summary reads:
“On a scheduled cargo flight from Liège Airport to London Stansted Airport the crew diverted to Nottingham East Midlands Airport due to unexpectedly poor weather conditions at Stansted. The weather conditions at EMA required a CAT IIIA approach and landing. On approach, at approximately 500 feet agl, the crew were passed a message by ATC advising them of a company request to divert to Liverpool Airport. The commander inadvertently disconnected both autopilots whilst attempting to reply to ATC. He then attempted to re-engage the autopilot in order to continue the approach.”
“The aircraft diverged to the left of the runway centreline and developed a high rate of descent. The commander commenced a go-around but was too late to prevent the aircraft contacting the grass some 90 m to the left of the runway centreline. The aircraft became airborne again but, during contact with the ground, the right main landing gear had broken off.
The crew subsequently made an emergency landing at Birmingham Airport (BHX).”
Full details here:
http://www.aaib.dft.gov.uk/publications/formal_reports/5_2008_oo_tnd/oo_tnd_report_sections.cfm
By: Manston Airport - 30th April 2008 at 16:26
I remember seeing this on the West midlands Police chopper site soon after the crash stange they only just posted it :confused:
James
By: andrewm - 29th April 2008 at 19:52
Saw footage on BBC Website a few days (or hours unsure which) after the incident. Interesting story about it on BBC presently.
By: Ren Frew - 29th April 2008 at 19:06
Good video mate, but it seems it was already posted on youtube 1 year ago, with over 1 million 225 thousand views to date.
I was thinking that myself actually and now you mention it, there seems to be a few “old” stories kicking around the BBC site today. Gremlins in the system methinks ?
Anyhow… for those of you that missed it…;)
By: Arabella-Cox - 29th April 2008 at 18:50
Good video mate, but it seems it was already posted on youtube 1 year ago, with over 1 million 225 thousand views to date.
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