OOPS!! UAL 747 on it's tail.

[Dizel8]

http://www.the-mechanic.com/graphics/ual/DSC00200-sm.jpg

 

[viper548]

Anyone know if it is a Mx issue, or a W/B problem?

 

[CA1900]

See, sir? That's why I told you you couldn't sit in the back row!

 

[TR4A]

Maybe it is a tactic to keep from getting repossessed.

 

[StaySeated]

It was just tired. If you go by an airport around 0330 all the planes look like this.

 

[Smmmack]

UAL mechanics did not pin the gear properly before swinging the gear. Ooops

Now UAL can fire some mechanics, tell the bank they can have the 747 back and with all the savings from not flying the 747, UAL can now give all the supervisors and managers a raise.

 

[jayme]

Everybody's a comedian.... but only some of us are funny.

 

[viper548]

They loaded the lavs with little blue pills instead of blue juice

 

[miles otoole]

They loaded the lavs with little blue pills instead of blue juice

Now this I didn't get.

 

[Dizel8]

They got a "rise" out of it

 

[RIDETHELIGHTING]

nice.

 

[RoyalAviation2]

We taxied out of SFO that morning it happend(previous late night)and asked ground what happend. Appearantly it had something to do with the hydaulics overnight. They made it seem like it was the mechanics fault. From what I hear that was the only 747 painted in the new colors.

 

[TonyC]

Statement from United Airlines - Forbes.com
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PR Newswire
Statement From United Airlines
08.16.05, 2:21 PM ET

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- While undergoing repairs at our San Francisco maintenance facility, a Boeing 747 aircraft was inadvertently damaged when its gear retracted, causing the tail to rest on the ground.

Aircraft maintenance technicians were in the process of troubleshooting a hydraulic issue at United's maintenance hangar. The hydraulic issue caused the plane to be returned to the airport on Monday. The flight was headed for Tokyo and returned safely to San Francisco.

We are in the process of inspecting the damage and the cause of the incident.

No one was injured, and repair work will begin on the aircraft immediately.

Customers have been accommodated on another aircraft, and the flight is expected to leave for Tokyo at about 11:30 a.m. local time today.

United regrets any inconvenience to our passengers.

 

[viper548]

Now this I didn't get.

Little blue pills... ...think viagra

 

[ERfly]

From what I hear that was the only 747 painted in the new colors.

I'm sure there's quite a bit of mourning going on over at Airliners.net.

 

[spanky2]

Any "pigs" players out there ... looks like a right leaning jowler.

 

[embpic1]

By the looks of the picutre, it seems that the body gear retracted and the wing gear stayed extended.

 

[dink]

yup that was it. wing gear pined, body gear pined incorectly. oops....

 

[klhoard]

Any "pigs" players out there ... looks like a right leaning jowler.

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ROFLMAO!!!! Good thing it wasn't a "Makin' Bacon"!!!
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[Smoking Man]

Any "pigs" players out there ... looks like a right leaning jowler.

It would be nice to see a double leaning jowler!!!!!!!!!

 

[gear_guy]

My local news reported that the tail section broke on landing. I love the news .
I knew right away that was'nt true. They obviously were trying to pop a wheelie.

 

[Jim Smyth]

At first glance I thought it must have happened when all the Flight Attendants went to the back of the airplane for a union meeting!

 

[Sonny Crockett]

At first glance I thought it must have happened when all the Flight Attendants went to the back of the airplane for a union meeting!

That's exactly what I thought, and after my last two crossings you are not far from what "might happen in the future"

 

[Tomct]

Dizel, the only RISE I got, was from that AWESOME picture on your avatar!

NICE!

 

[ironwedge]

[font=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva][size=-1]From a pretty good source......

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xxxx said they had a hydraulic problem (transfer I think). The crew brought it back to SFO. That night maintenance crews pinned the landing gear in place so they could raise the gear handle to troubleshoot the problem. The REAL problem is that whoever pinned the body gear (which is AFT of the wing gear) did it incorrectly. Basically the body gear wasn't pinned at all. When the gear handle was placed in the up position With 110,000# of fuel in the wing tanks and only the body gear retracted, the plane's CG went aft of the wing gear and down it went, settling now on the wing gear and the tail.
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