Southern Air accident in Cairo?

[mushroom]

Anyone hear about a Southern plane going off the runway or cathing fire on the blocks or anything else in Cairo today? A friend of mine who works there said he heard something like that but I can't find anything on the net so far. If so, I hope everyone is ok.

 

[GittinFatter]

from what I hear, ther were no chocks and the brakes let loose and the thing rolled into a building, a long way away.

 

[dutch747]

From PPrunes:

A Southern Air B747-200F, on lease to Ethiopian Airlines, failed to stop when coming on stand at CAI yesterday. Damage still being investigated - no reported injuries.

 

[pilotbrain]

http://foto.rompres.ro/public/watermark.php?imgid=2087134

 

[AC560]

That will buff right out.

 

[One Dot Low]

Ethiopia - A palm tree at Cairo airport saved Ethiopian Cargo
"The B747 in question with the logo of Southern Air Inc is a cargo aircraft operating on behalf of Ethiopian Airlines under the wet lease agreement with Southern Air Inc. It was not a passenger aircraft.
The freighter aircraft operating on Sunday December 16, 2007 from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to Brussels with perishable cargo had a stop over in Cairo International Airport for refueling. The aircraft after landing safely slid against the terminal building office while taxiing in.
All the five crew onboard the freighter aircraft were safe.

Cause of the accident is under investigation".

Leul T.Medhin

A/Manager PR & Publications
Ethiopian Airlines Headquarters, Bole International Airport

 

[DA-20]

turtel wax=good as new

 

[Tired in KTol]

Jimmy?

 

[Dream2fly]

That wasn't me!!!

I was home swreeping as usual!!!

Jimmy

 

[taz]

Rompers!!!!!!!!!!.................I wonder how "Still Bill" Cline is Handling it..........Must be going "steer crazy"

 

[dutch747]

I heard today this is being classed as an "Accident" and that the captain was a young guy. Too bad for him, now he will permanently have that stain on his records. Kiss goodbye any major airline job.

THIS is why you want to steer clear of any company who doesn't keep their acft in good MX condition.

 

[Dream2fly]

He might get a chance at some majors!

U mess up, U move Up!!!

 

[WabiSabi]

I heard today this is being classed as an "Accident" and that the captain was a young guy. Too bad for him, now he will permanently have that stain on his records. Kiss goodbye any major airline job.

THIS is why you want to steer clear of any company who doesn't keep their acft in good MX condition.

If this accident happened due to a maintenance issue, then why would this blemish his record? I guess it could be a pain in the @ss to have to explain it. Even if it was his fault, it wouldn't necessarily preclude him from employment at major airlines.

I know a guy that ran an airplane off the end of a wet runway with a known tailwind and he was hired at UPS.

 

[dutch747]

If this accident happened due to a maintenance issue, then why would this blemish his record? I guess it could be a pain in the @ss to have to explain it. Even if it was his fault, it wouldn't necessarily preclude him from employment at major airlines.

I know a guy that ran an airplane off the end of a wet runway with a known tailwind and he was hired at UPS.

And maybe right now at UPS they wouldn't hire him. We really need to wait till the facts come out but from what I'm hearing, a contributing factor to this incident was the MX condition of the acft. If this is true, my POINT is that companies who continously allow their acft fly with multiple DMI's really need to re-think this practice. I'm not throwing stones at Southern Air in particular, but flying an acft with dmi stickers everywhere will eventually bite you in tha @ss. This is a perfect example.

Hiring standards at airlines change at the drop of a hat. I hope this doesn't hurt this kids future. My regards to the crew.

 

[dakotaHC8]

I heard today this is being classed as an "Accident" and that the captain was a young guy. Too bad for him, now he will permanently have that stain on his records. Kiss goodbye any major airline job.

THIS is why you want to steer clear of any company who doesn't keep their acft in good MX condition.

After your backpedal on the second post, I can see that you already decided that blaming this event on maintentance (based only on heresay) is unprofessional at best...