A400M ZM410 damaged at Brize June 2021?

[MrNosy2]

Apologies if this has already been covered here but I understand an RAF A400M ZM410 'suffered Cat.3 damaged in a ground accident' at Brize on 18 June 2021 and has not flown since (?). Would be interested to know the circumstances of this reported accident.

[matelo99]

MrNosy, Don't take this the wrong way but this isn't really the place to be discussing ongoing issues with military aircraft. Other than to say the aircraft wasn't damaged at Brize, that's just where it ended up.

[TLB]

[... but this isn't really the place to be discussing ongoing issues with military aircraft...

Really ? I was not aware of that policy for this forum.

[tubby linton]

They didn’t try and autoland it did they? Bounce and crack has been known before at that airfield.
Mad how many RAF A400s aren't active.
ZM400 Seville🛬5 Oct20
ZM401 Madrid 🛬27 Sep21
ZM405 last🛫21 Sep21
ZM406 last🛫22 Dec21
ZM407 last🛫27 Nov21
ZM410 last🛫18 Jun21
ZM414 Madrid🛬17 Aug21
ZM415 Madrid🛬13 Dec21
ZM416 last🛫7th Jul21
ZM418 last🛬13 Dec21
Only 10/20 active.
The above data is not mine and was compiled a number of months sgo.

[Underfoot]

Originally Posted by tubby linton

They didn’t try and autoland it did they? Bounce and crack has been known before at that airfield.
Mad how many RAF A400s aren't active.
ZM400 Seville🛬5 Oct20
ZM401 Madrid 🛬27 Sep21
ZM405 last🛫21 Sep21
ZM406 last🛫22 Dec21
ZM407 last🛫27 Nov21
ZM410 last🛫18 Jun21
ZM414 Madrid🛬17 Aug21
ZM415 Madrid🛬13 Dec21
ZM416 last🛫7th Jul21
ZM418 last🛬13 Dec21
Only 10/20 active.

Fragile airframe that is not up to the more robust tasks. Keep the C130, problem solved.

[SWBKCB]

Originally Posted by tubby linton

They didn’t try and autoland it did they? Bounce and crack has been known before at that airfield.
Mad how many RAF A400s aren't active.
ZM400 Seville🛬5 Oct20
ZM401 Madrid 🛬27 Sep21
ZM405 last🛫21 Sep21
ZM406 last🛫22 Dec21
ZM407 last🛫27 Nov21
ZM410 last🛫18 Jun21
ZM414 Madrid🛬17 Aug21
ZM415 Madrid🛬13 Dec21
ZM416 last🛫7th Jul21
ZM418 last🛬13 Dec21
Only 10/20 active.

According to widely available flight trackers, one of these was flying yesterday, and two others have flown this year?

[treadigraph]

ZM405 is aloft above Salisbury Plain as I type...

[sycamore]

Run out of `speed-tape`...?

[ehwatezedoing]

Originally Posted by Underfoot

Fragile airframe that is not up to the more robust tasks. Keep the C130, problem solved.

How to draw dumb conclusion out of an outdated post

[Stratnumberone]

Originally Posted by ehwatezedoing

How to draw dumb conclusion out of an outdated post

it may be an outdated post that has some inaccuracies, but the conclusion of keeping the C130 is a very, very long way away from being ‘dumb’.

[MrNosy2]

Appears to have (ferried?) from Gibraltar on 18 June 2021 at just 8,000ft. Was it damaged at Gibraltar? Hard landing?

[Ken Scott]

Flying at 8000ft would imply a pressurization issue, or perhaps they crew were just enjoying the views?

[sandringham1]

4 hrs 28 min for 951 miles suggests the gear might have been down.