Brussels: crew OK after Kalitta 747 breakes up in 3 pieces after runway overrun...
 

Okay,

No heavy casualties. Five POB on board, four lightly injured according to
http://www.deredactie.be/cm/de.redac...zaventem_crash .
Click on the image for footage.

More info, see
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=328328
and
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7419280.stm .

Kalitta splits in two
 

Cargo plane from Mich carrier crashes at Brussels airport

Associated Press - May 25, 2008 9:54 AM ET

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - Authorities say a large cargo plane from a Michigan-based carrier crashed at the end of a runway and split in two while trying to take off today at Brussels airport.

Francis Vermeiren, mayor of the nearby town of Zaventem, says 4 of the five crew members on board the Boeing 747 were slightly injured. The mayor was coordinating rescue efforts after the crash.

He says the plane was on a scheduled flight to Bahrain. It was not known what cargo the plane was carrying.

The plane came to a halt at the end of a runway, near houses and a cemetery.

The plane is owned by Kalitta Air, a cargo carrier based at Willow Run Airport near Ypsilanti (Michigan).

brakes up?

I think you will find it was carrying United States Post for troops in Iraq
It looks nasty. Wish a quick recovery to all involved

Diplomatic cargo...
 

An interesting airline indeed, closely assocated with Uncle Sam's activities in troubled places. I wonder what is going on around the wreck and what the rescue crews should not find.:confused:

Quote: kaaremi Diplomatic cargo...
An interesting airline indeed, closely assocated with Uncle Sam's activities in troubled places. I wonder what is going on around the wreck and what the rescue crews should not find.
Earl
I think that any time someone carries mail for the US postal service or maybe supplies for the US consulate it is considered Diplomatic.
Remember there is a US Navy detachment in Bahrain so this type of cargo is probably normal and everyday.
Sorry guys don't think you will find a conspiracy here.
Good that the crew are OK.

A pic

http://www.deredactie.be/polopoly_fs.../487399522.jpg

http://www.deredactie.be/polopoly_fs.../487399522.jpg

US CRAF Carriers
 

Please don`t go into one out Uncle Sam & Military Cargo. All US Carriers cargo as well as pax are in the CRAF programme. Kalitta, Polar, DHL, Fed Ex, UPS, Evergreen all fly for Uncle Sam and Military Cargo. Nothing unusual. If the UK had a commercial freight carrier, they also would be working for the MoD......problem being there are none left......apart from DHL & GSS.....go figure. :bored:

Nothing. I've done that run for DHL many times myself. US Mail, some DHL material, and non-hazardous DOD stuff.

Kalitta in
 

Looks like the rear end came to a faster stop than the front end. Body Gear embedding.

But mail (cookies and love letters) is not that heavy or is it?

Oh dear,

Looking at the tail it appears to have split into three!

See http://www.jetphotos.net/showphotos....04CK&view=true for more photos.

As you can see at http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=6255728 she finally stopped rather close to a railway line...

I would think if the rear came to a stop before the nose section there would be a gap between the two.

Paper can be very heavy.

Well, that will be one less aircraft having to be flown to the desert and parked up, when oil hits $200 +/barrel. it is parked up already.

tThis aircraft N704CK
Was this not the same aircraft which P Bowles was touting around with a coupleof years ago and had it regustered in Banglasdesh at one time ???

Kalita B747
 

Sorry but no it is not the same a/c....
Philip Bowels got hold of the Kalita registered a/c N802KH which he managed to get the Bangladesh authorities to put it on their register as S2 ADT.....
Having sat at Manston for quite some considerable time it was purchased and flew off to Germany to be prepared for a new life in Africa....it never happened and was eventually broken up. Obviously the engines must have been worth more than the airframe but thats life..... At least on this latest incident there were no fatalities, now we must wait to hear what actually went wrong...:ooh:

N704CK photo
 

Nice shot of 704CK on departure from BRU a while back at this link to WorldAirPics.com

http://www.worldairpics.com/photo/1026699/M/

BLADE 2

Thanks for update - just thought for a moment that P Bowles was still haunting the industry !!!

That's funny I could have sworn the last time I saw an MK Airlines 747-200 freighter it was flying under G register.........!!??:confused: Get your facts right "Need To Know Basis"

Kalitta
 

Its just good news all the crew , managed to get out

Sorry to the Kalitta family for losing an aircraft , but !!!!!!!!!!!!!!