747 sitting on its tail
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747 sitting on its tail
There’s a good thread on the topic -
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthr...ghlight=korean
But all pix and pic links are expired. Any pictures out there?
thanks y’all
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthr...ghlight=korean
But all pix and pic links are expired. Any pictures out there?
thanks y’all
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This is old news....again. In fact this is the 'second' accident....the original accident was due to a ground staff error where the nose leg wqas retracted on the stand (along with the body gear!! during a test/check following a 'gear monitor' message. Whilst 'recovering' the aircraft with the body ger not lowered fully it tipped on its @r$e putting the tail support jack through the horizontal stab!!! Whoops...
Not too uncommon in an MD11. I seem to remeber Korean doing the same in ANC as well a few years earlier. With the freight door at the front, it can be easy to tip it on it's bum if you've forgotten the tail stand.
My company flys 747Fs - we don't do any loading without a stand or a noseleg strop.
It's not too difficult in a Pax 747 either - as the air Canada picture shows. I was on the gate at a US airport when the load handlers loaded the rear bay before the front - against SOPs. We were in the cockpit preparing for the flight when the aircraft went into flight mode. We quickly realised the nose leg microswitch had opened. A very quick call to the groundcrew stopped the situation, but it was close.
My company flys 747Fs - we don't do any loading without a stand or a noseleg strop.
It's not too difficult in a Pax 747 either - as the air Canada picture shows. I was on the gate at a US airport when the load handlers loaded the rear bay before the front - against SOPs. We were in the cockpit preparing for the flight when the aircraft went into flight mode. We quickly realised the nose leg microswitch had opened. A very quick call to the groundcrew stopped the situation, but it was close.
