B747-400 hvor motor nr. 1 er særlig utsatt i Singapore Airlines - Curt Lewis

Incident: Singapore B744 at Auckland on Dec 11th 2019, engine pod strike during go around

A Singapore Airlines Cargo Boeing 747-400, registration 9V-SFO performing freight flight SQ-7298 (dep Dec 10th) from Sydney,NS (Australia) to Auckland (New Zealand), was on final approach to Auckland's runway 05R when the crew initiated a go around form very low height, the #1 engine pod (PW4056, outboard left hand) struck the ground. The aircraft climbed to 5000 feet, positioned for another approach to runway 05R and landed on runway 05R without further incident about 13 minutes after the go around. The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Auckland about 32 hours after landing. The aircraft had suffered another #1 engine pod strike in Sydney 2 weeks earlier, see Incident: Singapore B744 at Sydney on Nov 28th 2019, engine pod strike during go around.