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Goldfish Jack
28th Nov 2009, 04:05
Sky newsflash:
zimbabwean cargo plan crashed on t/off from Shanghai - any more info?
evagreen
28th Nov 2009, 06:28
See thread on 'Rumours&News'. The following from the Avient website:
28 November 2009
An Avient Aviation operated aircraft was involved in an accident at approximate 00:16 GMT today while the aircraft, a McDonnell Douglas MD11 Freighter , was operating a charter freight flight from Pudong International Airport in China.
Preliminary information indicates that the accident occurred on takeoff from Pudong International Airport. The aircraft was carrying a crew of 7.
At this time, the full resources of Avient's accident response team have been mobilised and will be devoted to cooperating with all authorities responding to the accident.
At this time no further information is available. Avient will continue to release additional information as it is confirmed.
V1... Ooops
28th Nov 2009, 08:00
There is a little bit more news on BBC, at this link (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8383938.stm), but not a great deal of information there.
Selfloader
28th Nov 2009, 08:05
What would be interesting to know is what cargo the aircraft was carrying. The MD-11 is not a small aircraft and given the relationship between the two countries, China is known to be happy to supply Zimbabwe with anything it can't get elswhere.
Sammajoor
28th Nov 2009, 08:10
Zimbabwe cargo plane crashes in China - Mail & Guardian Online: The smart news source (http://newsletter.mg.co.za/lt/t_go.php?i=194&e=MTA1Nw==&l=-http--www.mg.co.za/article/2009-11-28-zimbabwe-cargo-plane-crashes-in-china)
Tachi
28th Nov 2009, 08:18
Since when did Zimbabwe have an MD11 cargo plane? Mind boggling isnt it? who are the directors of this Zimbabwe company that owns this plane? So many questions but no answers......I stand corrected. Indonesian Crew? :confused:
ab33t
28th Nov 2009, 09:32
Lots of questions and few answers, only thing that goes through my mind is not another one. My feelings go out to the crew
ab33t
28th Nov 2009, 09:39
Crash: Avient Aviation MD11 at Shanghai on Nov 28th 2009, overran runway on takeoff (http://avherald.com/h?article=423638d8&opt=0) some pics here not much left of the plane and conflicting reports about the crew.
Bushbuck
28th Nov 2009, 09:58
Heard that the aircraft had a tail strike on take off.
Was there a c of g problem
Perhaps unsecured cargo shifted on take off.
With a Zimbabwean aircraft in China - any of the above scenarios is possible
birrddog
28th Nov 2009, 12:32
American Crew, confirmed by American Consulate according to the Beeb.
Mobotu
29th Nov 2009, 16:30
The ONLY thing related to Zimbabwe concerning Aviant is the tail number!:ok:
The profit from so called "grandfather rights" in the same way MK does and many others too.
They are based in France, maintained in France and use international crews for their operations.
The only thing that comes to mind immediately is they have only had this plane for a WEEK - ie maybe crew were still doing transition training - if someone has flown both DC-10/MD-11 could post their view on this.....:rolleyes:
charlie7charlie
29th Nov 2009, 18:13
is it a confirmed tail strike? if so, can it be an out of trim (out of balance) on take off issue? sorry about the loss.
zouzou
8th Dec 2009, 13:05
Anyone knows the nationalities, or names of the survivors? thanks.
zouzou, look in the main thread on Rumours & News. Mainly Americans.