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By: - 16th May 2006 at 05:34 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Be intererested to hear Boeings comments on the incident ?
By: - 16th May 2006 at 10:30 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Be intererested to hear Boeings comments on the incident ?
"Whoops" :D
By: - 16th May 2006 at 10:38 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
fiddle sticks!!
By: - 16th May 2006 at 11:56 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Have there not been a fair few 747 nose gear collapses over the past couple of years (or longer)? As in.....should people not be starting to ask why it keeps on happening? Or have they asked and I just didn't hear about it :rolleyes:
By: - 16th May 2006 at 17:42 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Here is what really happened to the Lufty plane.
Inside video footage.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4933318503062049442
By: - 16th May 2006 at 17:50 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Cheers Dan, that explains the incident, :D:D:D:D
I haven't laughed like that in ages what a find!!
By: - 16th May 2006 at 18:22 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
That's a bit of a letdown :D
Coat..hat..door etc
Glad no one hurt though. How long did it take to happen? Did it go with a 'bang' so to speak or gradually lower?
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By: Dantheman77 - 16th May 2006 at 00:26
taken from: www.Reuters.com
Lufthansa jumbo jet collapses on nose at Frankfurt
Mon May 15, 2006 3:12 PM ET
FRANKFURT, May 15 (Reuters) - A Lufthansa AG jumbo jet collapsed on its nose at Frankfurt airport when the front landing gear gave way as it was preparing to fly to New Delhi, an airline spokesman said on Monday.
The 242 passengers and 16 crew members on board the Boeing 747-400 had to abandon the plane after the nose sank down onto a waiting tow truck.
"No one was injured. Everyone was able to leave the aircraft via the passenger bridge," the spokesman said.
The passengers were being put up in Frankfurt hotels on Monday night and were due to take a different flight to New Delhi on Tuesday morning. The original flight -- LH760 -- had been due for takeoff at 1150 GMT Monday.
"The cause of the fall is not yet known. It's very unusual," said the spokesman.
The plane was relatively new and had been delivered to Lufthansa in December 2001.
The spokesman added that the incident had been reported to German air accident investigators.
Boeing spokespeople in Berlin and Brussels were not immediately reachable for comment.