Emergency Landing - BHX

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Jonathan (99jolegg) Chief Captain
Joined: Jun 26, 2004 Posts: 4112 Location: UK
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Thu Jun 15, 2006 5:07 pm

A cargo plane has made an emergency landing at Birmingham International Airport after a problem with its undercarriage.

The Boeing 737-300 crash landed on the main runway and collapsed on to its side.

Nobody was hurt, although its caused a lot of disruption:

➡ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/5082200.stm

News video:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/nolavconsole/ukfs_news/hi/bb_wm_fs.stm?nbram=1&news=1&nbwm=1&bbwm=1&bbram=1&nol_storyid=5082562

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Germán Campopiano (Oberkomando) Captain
Joined: May 02, 2005 Posts: 833 Location: Argentina
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Thu Jun 15, 2006 5:13 pm

That looks like a hard landing!...
But i am glad the crew got out unhurt. 🙂

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pilotwannabe Chief Captain
Joined: Mar 15, 2006 Posts: 1719 Location: A galaxy far far away
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Thu Jun 15, 2006 6:22 pm

Thanks for the link Jon....heard it on Severnsound this morning and was trying to find some info myself.

How can a Boeing's wheel just fall off 😕

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Jonathan (99jolegg) Chief Captain
Joined: Jun 26, 2004 Posts: 4112 Location: UK
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Thu Jun 15, 2006 7:31 pm

The investigation is still underway - most likely metal fatigue Dont Know

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Germán Campopiano (Oberkomando) Captain
Joined: May 02, 2005 Posts: 833 Location: Argentina
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Fri Jun 16, 2006 1:42 pm

This investigation will take some time 😕 ...
But as allredy sayed metal fatigue seems to be the most accurated theory.

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