Some Crashes.

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suleman

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Express Airlines / Northwest Airlink Saab 340N, N366PX, was towed away at Memphis International Airport when it broke loose. The aircraft decided to go for a trip on its own and it all ended in a uncomfortable position in this drainage-canal. The aircraft will be repaired but it will cost a quite a lot of money..

 

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The tail-sitting incident involving USAF/28th BW/37th BS B-1B 86-0094 'EL' took place at the aircraft's home base, Ellsworth, South Dakota. It also therefore had nothing at all to do with "ground crews unfamiliar with the correct filling sequence for the fuel tanks," as had been reported previously. It was not one of ten B-1Bs temporarily deployed to NAS Fort Worth JRB/Carswell, these all being aircraft from Dyess AFB, Texas.


 

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In north-western Tanzania at the lower end of Lake Victoria is Mwanza, a small port city, with a long but narrow runway. A few years back a DC-8 crashed trying to land here and the remains are scattered in various places around the airport. This time, at about 2000 Hrs., (in the dark), an the ST-APY, a B707-351 of Trans-Arabian Air Transport was landing to pick up a load of fish.

On the first approach the airport lost power & lost all its lights (a routine experience here), so the pilot had to go-around until the back-up generators got the lights on.

On the second approach he was much too far to the right & almost took out the small terminal and control tower. Missed approach #2.

On the third final (approaching from over the lake with no visual reference) the control tower called to him "you are too low, pull up" to which the Captain replied "don't worry, I know what I am doing".

About 5 KM short of the runway, he hit the water, tore off all 4 engines and gear, but didn't puncture the fuselage. With battery power & the taxi light on, they were picked up by a fishing boat (no injuries).

The following day, it was still afloat, so a tug towed it to shallow water near the airport, where it will probably be a beacon for many years.

(Maybe the pilot misunderstood when he was supposed to pick up a load of fish!)



 

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Cool pics. Time to create "the world crashes" section on gallery?

No, just kidding! :) :eek:
 
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