CRASH TOLL/PAE Boeing 737F HONIARA
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CRASH TOLL/PAE Boeing 737F HONIARA
Toll / Airwork's PAE Boeing 737-300F reported Crashed on runway Honiara.
Had a call from Australia Honiara Airport closed...... did crew get out ?
Any other info ????????
Had a call from Australia Honiara Airport closed...... did crew get out ?
Any other info ????????
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(from Sol Air) Major damage slid down runway say written off, main gear folded back behind. Aircraft on its belly and engine/pylon, nose 4 foot in air.
Crane truck and bulldozer on the way to clear runway, Sol Air diverted to Vila.
Crew got out ok.............
Crane truck and bulldozer on the way to clear runway, Sol Air diverted to Vila.
Crew got out ok.............
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No motive here will get a photo. You guys are down there I'm here in Florida , HIR airport shut, my buddy parked one of the 737s now ZK-TLF in the desert for scrap in 09 analogue cockpit due D check ex US Air and it popped up as a freighter in NZ only making an observation.
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It's not a EFA aircraft. EFA are all Australian registered Aircraft.
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It looks like the righthand main collapsed. Hard landing or just a matter of the gear giving way? What ever was the cause it will be a nightmare trying to salvage the aircraft, as resources are fairly limited in that part of the world. Glad the crew are ok.
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They were landing ? So why are the trailing edge flaps nearly or are up and the leading edge flaps out. Would landing config be full trailing edge flaps if so the canoes covering TE flap jack screws on R/H wing should have scraped the ground seems from photos they have not scraped the ground ? The gear has come out to the right and rear.
I see the R/H nose tire is blown and #1 out of reverse.
I see the R/H nose tire is blown and #1 out of reverse.
1/ that's the right Engine with the Reverser sleeve open, number 2
2/ the right nose wheel is deflated possibly as a result of the crew applying a fair bit of left rudder and or tiller to keep it straight, side loads probably caused the tire to fail.
3/ as to the Flaps, maybe they had a non normal situation with them beforehand??
Who knows......
2/ the right nose wheel is deflated possibly as a result of the crew applying a fair bit of left rudder and or tiller to keep it straight, side loads probably caused the tire to fail.
3/ as to the Flaps, maybe they had a non normal situation with them beforehand??
Who knows......
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Can anyone who flies a twin in this case 737 advise if they had an engine shutdown or idle is a flap 5 landing called out in the Emergency checklist ? I have only flown 3/4 engines 72/74/DC8s ??
I received more photos the R/H main tire is scrubbed out all up the sidewall until it blew suggests the aircraft was going sideways nose left of runway before the tire blew, ......
I received more photos the R/H main tire is scrubbed out all up the sidewall until it blew suggests the aircraft was going sideways nose left of runway before the tire blew, ......
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Agree, too early to tell but if it was during landing then perhaps wx was a factor? Maybe the VASIS was overgrown with grass (not an unusual occurrence over there), perhaps she was off glidslope, unstable, who knows!
Next day or two should provide some insight, just glad the Drivers walked away unscathed
Next day or two should provide some insight, just glad the Drivers walked away unscathed