Cargolux 747-8 Trashed at Prestwick
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Prestwick pics: Cargolux 747 LX-VCF grounded now due fuel leak loaded Bell 412.......
...oh dear...
Cargolux LX-VCF grounded by helicopter load fuel leak. - Airliners.net
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https://planetradio.co.uk/west/local...e-cargo-plane/
Cargolux LX-VCF grounded by helicopter load fuel leak. - Airliners.net
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Also see
https://planetradio.co.uk/west/local...e-cargo-plane/
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Cargolux 747-8 Trashed at Prestwick
Was carrying a helicopter on board which sprung a fuel leak and soaked all the avionics bay with gas. Plane has been on ground about a week with nose open trying to dry it out. Only hearsay but a lot of damage done and talk of it being scrapped.
With the early 8's being under 10 years old could it really be an economical write off for that?
I never did give much credence to the rumors that it was a write-off, although if the fuel got in the ebay there could be some expensive damage.
Good to hear it's back to being airworthy at least.
I'm thinking the shipper is going to be on the hook for a sizeable penalty for failing to properly prepare the helicopter for shipment...
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Perhaps the more learned ones here can confirm but it was always my understanding that any vehicles being transported were to have all fuel and oils removed prior to flight other than 'unusable' that may be hard to remove? Contravention of this would constitute a non-compliance of carriage of dangerous goods legislation i.e. that fuel/oil was not transported in the correct containers as specified in the IATA DG manual. Thoughts?
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