Another MD-11 bites the dust

[MCDU]

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...x7XaCA&usg=AFQjCNF1BWmkCBbO0slaiF_GwJ_c6DYA3w


Lufthansa Cargo Jet Catches Fire, Splits In Two‎

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[UM#1]

Reports indicating a fire started during flight in the cargo compartment. The crew did a good job getting it on the ground and getting out.

ps-next post must have a nice bum as their avatar...

 

[DieselDragRacer]

This thread is outstanding simply for those avatars!

 

[jonjuan]

true dat............

 

[P38JLightning]

glad they got out.

 

[Fubijaakr]

You can't really blame the MD-11 when the incident starts out as a cargo fire. Those guys should be commended for just getting the beast on the ground.

 

[BrickTop]

Cargo operations have been and always and always are a disaster waiting to happen......

 

[HA25]

I have a few hours in the MD... it's a challenging airplane to land (in as far as most are very easy to land, and this requires a bit of precision), but I tend to think it was a hard landing due to being in a hurry to get down if it is a fire... time will tell.

 

[Bad-Andy]

but I tend to think it was a hard landing due to being in a hurry to get down if it is a fire... time will tell.

So far that's not what it looks like. It landed right on the money on 33R and rolled about 9000 feet down the runway. It left the runway at about a 30 degree angle and came to a stop in the sand just off the left side. It looks like they made a good landing and were almost stopped when they left the runway...

We took off 33R and they gave us a left turn on course and went over it at about 5.30 this evening, and it was still smoldering. But, you can clearly see where it went off and stopped...

 

[B747FR8DAWG]

Cargo operations have been and always and always are a disaster waiting to happen......

Yeah, until the next idiot decides to light his shoes or underwear on fire. I'll stick with cargo!