Kallita Air accident in Belgium

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VegasFlyer Chief Captain
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Sun May 25, 2008 9:28 pm

Kalitta Air (US cargo company) Boeing 747-200 split in half on take off. Luckily the crew had the time to abort take off and nobody was injured.

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Kalitta-Air/Boeing-747-209F-SCD/1357474/L/

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Welshflyer Captain
Joined: Oct 22, 2006 Posts: 980 Location: South Wales
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Mon May 26, 2008 12:41 am

Ouch 😳 😳 , when did this happen VF? Have'nt seen anything on the news!

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acepilot32 Captain
Joined: Jul 05, 2007 Posts: 694 Location: illinois
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Mon May 26, 2008 1:34 am

WOW! do the pilots get in trouble or do they get fired after these kind of accidents?

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Luke (warlord40) First Officer
Joined: Nov 19, 2007 Posts: 453 Location: Western Australia
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Mon May 26, 2008 5:00 am

Yeah pretty bad...I saw this by accident on the russian news on SBS, didn't understand a word they said though.

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zakk hutton (chez64) First Officer
Joined: Feb 15, 2007 Posts: 192 Location: staffordshire, UK
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Mon May 26, 2008 10:34 am

interesting way to park your 747 i wonder what the boss said when he saw it

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VegasFlyer Chief Captain
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Mon May 26, 2008 12:39 pm

Welshflyer wrote:

Ouch 😳 😳 , when did this happen VF? Have'nt seen anything on the news!

Here's the link for the full story:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,358041,00.html

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Drew B (belgeode) Chief Captain
Joined: Jun 22, 2007 Posts: 1140 Location: Pittsburgh PA
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Mon May 26, 2008 2:01 pm

Wow that is catastrophic failure there!!!!

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art lippel (effieveda) First Officer
Joined: Dec 13, 2006 Posts: 332 Location: North Hollywood, California
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Mon May 26, 2008 2:26 pm

Thanks for the link VF. It's a wonder that it didn't result in a worse disaster. I'm glad no one was seriously injured. Now, about those teeth whiteners.......???? 🙂

Later ... Art

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Drew B (belgeode) Chief Captain
Joined: Jun 22, 2007 Posts: 1140 Location: Pittsburgh PA
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Mon May 26, 2008 5:29 pm

Hahahahha Art I noticed that one too!

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Lee198 First Officer
Joined: Dec 02, 2007 Posts: 125 Location: London UK
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Mon May 26, 2008 6:55 pm

That's a shocker, all right! Glad no one was seriously hurt.

I wonder if the flight crew decided to split afterwards?

Sorry, I know - horrible sense of humour.

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Tartanaviation First Officer
Joined: Oct 10, 2003 Posts: 223 Location: Scotland, UK
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Mon May 26, 2008 8:23 pm

I read about it in the Newspaper today. Aparently 4 people only recieved minor injuries during the accident. It was an RTO although some reports are contradicting that. The aircraft came to rest 5 meters from a stretch of railway line which was subsequently closed for the rest of the day.

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