747-Halifax Crash

[lamank]

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6500970

 

[Metro752]

Some guy said he saw two flashes, the MK 747 go by, then BOOM.

 

[FearlessFreep]

My condolences and sympathies to the friends and families of this tragedy. I have met some of the MK folks in different places throughout the world. They seem like a nice group of people. I am sorry that this has event has happened to a member of the 74 freight family, or to anyone for that matter.

Good Luck To All Of Us!

 

[On Your Six]

I thought I read that MK had a 747 go down in Port Hardcourt (or Lagos), Nigeria a few years back. RIP

 

[rvsm410]

Tail Strike question?

Some one at the airport investigating the accident made a comment that the runway had marks indicating the tail may have hit it during the T/O roll. They also have said the tail departed the aircraft early in the accident senerio...

The investigation will tell.....just thought I would post the lastest artical.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20041014/wl_nm/canada_crash_dc

God Speed to the families....we can still say that can't we?

 

[C601]

747 Cargo, Crash in Canada

Just came in of the news wire

Anyone got links to pictures of the crash site

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/10/14/canada.crash.reut/index.html

 

[Starcheck]

This link has a little more info.

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1097748283806_98/?hub=TopStories

 

[habubuaza]

Wow, my thoughts and prayers for them and their families. I ran into those guys all the time in the hotel in Miami.

 

[rvsm410]

More facts being investigated..

By the preliminary reports this morning, the crew took the active runway from an intersection that left only 6,000 foot of runway for a T/O roll. At this point it appears the crew recognized this late in the roll, tried to force the aircraft into the air before V1 in the process struct the tail on the runway causing sever structural damage and the subsequient loss of the structure....

I am not an investigator, only stating what was passed to me, I agree let the investigators do their jobs, I just hate to see the press start talking about explosions with some sort of twist towards a terrorist acts..Looks like an accident to me.

 

[B-atch]

Tail coming off on rotation?

I'm not an accident investigator nor I care to be one, but it sounds like this A/C was forced off the groung at a speed close to vmu and way below v1. The 747 is capable of lifting of at speeds substantially lower than v1. Based on the stage lenght of the planned flight, I'd say they were fairly close to a balanced field condition (assuming full thrust and full runway lenght). If an un-intentional intersection take-off was attempted, I suspect that they simply saw the red lights approaching and attempted to force the A/C aloft. It appears from eye-witness accounts, that the tail hit an embankment at the departure end of runway, before ripping off. The 74 is a well built bird, but considering its mass, I'm not surpriced that the tail failled as it impacted the embankment...Just my 2 cents...