LH MD-11 crash lands

Lufthansa Cargo MD-11 Crashes on Landing after inflight fire

http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2010/07/27/114965.html


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IYADH (AlArabiya, Agencies)

A cargo plane belonging to the German carrier Lufthansa crashed on landing at Riyadh airport on Tuesday, with the pilots hospitalized, Al Arabiya and the Saudi state television reported.

"The plane's pilot and co-pilot were hospitalized," said Al Arabiya TV.

It said the aircraft broke up into two on landing after smoke was seen coming from the plane as it approached the airport. Civil defense teams were working to put out the fire.


A Saudi civil aviation authority spokesman, Khalid al-Khaibri, gave no details on the crash, which took place at around noon (0900 GMT). "We are still collecting information," he said.

An airport ground services official, declining to give his name, told AFP the plane, apparently an MD-11, appeared to have caught fire upon landing. "The aircraft is totally finished," he said.

Lufthansa had a scheduled flight to Riyadh from its Frankfurt hub on Tuesday, airport sources said.

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Fortunately the crew made it out of the airplane and is in the hospital hopefully recovering well.
 
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Nick said:
http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2010/07/27/114965.html


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IYADH (AlArabiya, Agencies)

A cargo plane belonging to the German carrier Lufthansa crashed on landing at Riyadh airport on Tuesday, with the pilots hospitalized, Al Arabiya and the Saudi state television reported.

"The plane's pilot and co-pilot were hospitalized," said Al Arabiya TV.

It said the aircraft broke up into two on landing after smoke was seen coming from the plane as it approached the airport. Civil defense teams were working to put out the fire.


A Saudi civil aviation authority spokesman, Khalid al-Khaibri, gave no details on the crash, which took place at around noon (0900 GMT). "We are still collecting information," he said.

An airport ground services official, declining to give his name, told AFP the plane, apparently an MD-11, appeared to have caught fire upon landing. "The aircraft is totally finished," he said.

Lufthansa had a scheduled flight to Riyadh from its Frankfurt hub on Tuesday, airport sources said.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38425327/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa


Fortunately the crew made it out of the airplane and is in the hospital hopefully recovering well.
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+1000 every time I see one these stories I hope for the best apparently this incident has a positive side as of right now.
 
Trip7 said:
ANOTHER MD-11? This plane is starting to look like the MU-2.
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Yeah all planes you haven't flown start to look alike, don't they?

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It said the aircraft broke up into two on landing after smoke was seen coming from the plane as it approached the airport.

"appeared to have caught fire upon landing."
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Make up your minds! Glad the guys made it out.
 
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NTSB ADVISORY
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National Transportation Safety Board
Washington, DC 20594

July 27, 2010

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NTSB SENDING TEAM TO ASSIST GOVERNMENT OF SAUDI ARABIA WITH MD-11 FREIGHTER ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION
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The National Transportation Safety Board is dispatching a team of investigators to assist the government of Saudi Arabia with its investigation of today's cargo airplane accident in Riyadh.

At about 11:38 a.m. local time today, a Lufthansa MD-11(D-ALCQ) freighter crashed while landing at the King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh. The two crewmembers on board survived the accident. Flight 8460 originated in Frankfurt.

NTSB Chairman Deborah A.P. Hersman has designated Senior Air Safety Investigator Bill English as the U.S. Accredited Representative. The U.S. team will also include NTSB flight operations specialists, an NTSB aircraft systems specialist, and technical advisors from the Federal Aviation Administration and Boeing.

The investigation is being conducted by Saudi Arabia's General Authority of Civil Aviation (http://www.gaca.gov.sa/GACA/Home.aspx?l=EN), which will release all information on the progress of the investigation.
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Re: Lufthansa Cargo MD-11 Crashes on Landing after inflight

Nick said:
cargo plane belonging to the German carrier Lufthansa crashed on landing at Riyadh airport on Tuesday, with the pilots hospitalized, Al Arabiya and the Saudi state television reported.
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Speaking from a ARFF perspective again. I sure hope Riyadh got its proverbial crap together following that cluster of an ARFF response to Saudia 163 back in 1980, where 301 people were killed in an L-1011 following a small inflight fire. The L-1011 landed back at Riyadh seemingly with no problems, but the crew never did an emergency stop and never shut down the engines. The ARFF personnel had TOP NOTCH equipment, but weren't trained for the job at hand, and made no attempt to intervene in getting the plane shutdown or follow-on actions after it stopped. They werent familiar with the emergency exits and took over 20 minutes to access the plane after getting the engines shutdown. Plane eventually had a flashover occur within the fuselage, killing all onboard by asphyxiation and gases.
 
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