Ethiopian Airlines’ Boeing 777F (ET-ARH) on fire
How could a cargo fire on the ground have anything remotely to do with gross mishandling of the aircraft by supposedly trained pilots who hadn't been given access to, or taken notice of mandatory safety bulletins, let alone months of international news coverage?
That's just irresponsible, imflammatory **** stirring. End of.
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That's a very good and very pertinent question ...
Taking a wild guess, and assuming that the aircraft was being loaded, given that the 777 Freighter has the Main Cargo Door on the rear part of the fuselage, which is very useful to avoid "wheelies" on the ramp, they loaded the main deck forward of the main cargo door, then they loaded the "interesting cargo" in the rear ... and did not had time to load the last cargo, which is the one that goes in front of the Cargo Door itself.
Taking a wild guess, and assuming that the aircraft was being loaded, given that the 777 Freighter has the Main Cargo Door on the rear part of the fuselage, which is very useful to avoid "wheelies" on the ramp, they loaded the main deck forward of the main cargo door, then they loaded the "interesting cargo" in the rear ... and did not had time to load the last cargo, which is the one that goes in front of the Cargo Door itself.
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There are 5 (125x96 inch) positions at and aft of the main-deck cargo door (MCD) arranged with 2 x 2 side-by-side and 1 centre position at the far aft. They are, for obvious reasons, usually the first to be off-loaded and the last to be loaded. You can load just about anything there, including 16ft ULDs, except restricted commodities which need to be accessible to the crew during flight.
Always loaded the radio active stuff at the back.
We had a hi-loader catch fire once due to hydraulic leak. Fortunately it was moved back from the aircraft before it got too bad.
We had a hi-loader catch fire once due to hydraulic leak. Fortunately it was moved back from the aircraft before it got too bad.
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What do others think about the possibility of storing spare aircraft servicing parts there in case of an AOG at an off-base. That location might serve as light loads only and off limits to normal cargo
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What do others think about the possibility of storing spare aircraft servicing parts there in case of an AOG at an off-base. That location might serve as light loads only and off limits to normal cargo
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Ethiopian Airlines Statement on Incident ET-ARH – Shanghai Pudong Airport
Although proper investigation has been started by the country of occurrence and the country of registration and operation, preliminary information revealed that in the final preparation for taxi out, fire was detected in the main deck. The crew reported to ATC and the handling company and asked for help as per the procedure. Meanwhile, the fire spread in the cabin until the handling company and the airport emergency unit arrived at the scene of the incident. The fire damaged the upper structure of the aircraft before it was brought under control by the airport emergency services.
Although proper investigation has been started by the country of occurrence and the country of registration and operation, preliminary information revealed that in the final preparation for taxi out, fire was detected in the main deck. The crew reported to ATC and the handling company and asked for help as per the procedure. Meanwhile, the fire spread in the cabin until the handling company and the airport emergency unit arrived at the scene of the incident. The fire damaged the upper structure of the aircraft before it was brought under control by the airport emergency services.
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Where do used up and recalled Lithium batteries generally go for recycling or landfill, etcetera? I had two lifetime-warranty Rigid Tool batteries go to the their warranty shop with the tool and charger...came back with new batteries. Also a fine-working complicated Swiss electric pruner battery recalled for unknown reason. Dealer sent a new battery after I returned a form with acknowledgement that original would be disposed properly.
preliminary information revealed that in the final preparation for taxi out, fire was detected in the main deck. The crew reported to ATC and the handling company and asked for help as per the procedure. Meanwhile, the fire spread in the cabin until the handling company and the airport emergency unit arrived at the scene of the incident. The fire damaged the upper structure of the aircraft before it was brought under control by the airport emergency services.Ethiopian Airlines B777 freighter aircraft with registration number ET-ARH caught fire while loading cargo at Pudong Shanghai airport today, July 22, 2020. The aircraft was on a regular scheduled cargo service from Shanghai to Sao Paulo-Santiago via Addis Ababa.