Oof...Cargo 747 HKG runway departure into seabed, 2 on ground killed

[arkavgal]

That's a bad day right there.

"Two airport security officers in Hong Kong were killed early Monday after a cargo jet arriving from Dubai veered off the runway during landing and slammed into a patrol vehicle, authorities said.

Both the car and the Boeing 747 – in what was Hong Kong’s worst airport disaster in decades – plunged into the sea though all four crew members on board managed to escape unharmed, officials said."

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[jhugz]

This scumbag airline smoked a 74 into Bishkek killing a bunch of people on the ground while contracting for Turkish Airlines. Turkish fired them and brought on Kalitta where I was working. We did the contract for a couple of years before we were deemed too expensive. (Kalitta…too expensive…let that sink in) They then fired us and went back to this same airline. This airline now smoked another 74 in killing someone on the ground. Sound business decisions.

 

[CFIT99]

This scumbag airline smoked a 74 into Bishkek killing a bunch of people on the ground while contracting for Turkish Airlines. Turkish fired them and brought on Kalitta where I was working. We did the contract for a couple of years before we were deemed too expensive. (Kalitta…too expensive…let that sink in) They then fired us and went back to this same airline. This airline now smoked another 74 in killing someone on the ground. Sound business decisions.

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[ASpilot2be]

This scumbag airline smoked a 74 into Bishkek killing a bunch of people on the ground while contracting for Turkish Airlines. Turkish fired them and brought on Kalitta where I was working. We did the contract for a couple of years before we were deemed too expensive. (Kalitta…too expensive…let that sink in) They then fired us and went back to this same airline. This airline now smoked another 74 in killing someone on the ground. Sound business decisions.

I feel like that is very similar to what happened with this flight. Kalitta was doing it for a while.

 

[thepotato232]

Wind was gusting hard in HKG out of the northeast, and a light 744 weathervanes pretty hard. I hope it's not as simple as that, of course.

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I doubt they could lowball us for the crazy s○○○ we did for the last Trump administration, at least.

 

[Skåning]

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“Can you do deportation flights??”

 

[DropTank]

Huh, I thought he went off the departure end.

Nope... lateral deviation.

How the HELL do you manage that with a 747?

 

[knot4u]

Huh, I thought he went off the departure end.

Nope... lateral deviation.

How the HELL do you manage that with a 747?

I think it's a leased Turkish operation who lost a 747 in a similar incident somewhat recently.

 

[BobDDuck]

Huh, I thought he went off the departure end.

Nope... lateral deviation.

How the HELL do you manage that with a 747?

Big planes (especially when light) have a tendency to wash out the rudder when going into reverse thrust. I assume the 747 handles similarly.

 

[knot4u]

Big planes (especially when light) have a tendency to wash out the rudder when going into reverse thrust. I assume the 747 handles similarly.

BlankCornholio has a reasonable description video on YouTube discussing weather and what not. He's not pointing fingers. Of all of the "aviation influencers" he seems to be the most measured.

 

[ChasenSFO]

Used to be the famous ANA Pokémon 747 (their only international 747 to wear a special livery, the others were 747-400Ds that very rarely left Japan) which was used to launch NH7/8 NRT-SFO-NRT back in 1999.

ACT cargo is down to ONE 747 now by the way. Crashed one a few years ago stalling it IIRC, and since then, the remaining 2 have had multiple engine failures and a pod strike leading up to this crash. Crashing 2/3 of your 747 fleet within a decade in modern times is...special.