tirsdag 4. februar 2020

FOD - Søppelkorg på banen skadde Boeing 747 - Curt Lewis

Kanskje den mest berømte og beryktede skade etter FOD (Foreign Object Damage) på banen førte til at en Concorde havarerte etter avgang fra Le Bourget for mange år siden. 
Her et vanvitttig dårlig bilde av en Kalitta maskin på Cincinnati Intl. tatt i 2018. 

(Red.) 

Accident: Kalitta B744 at Los Angeles on Feb 3rd 2020, rejected takeoff due to trash bin on runway

A Kalitta Boeing 747-400, registration N703CK performing flight K4-368 from Los Angeles,CA to Honolulu,HI (USA) with 7 crew, was accelerating for takeoff from Los Angeles' runway 25R at about 03:06L (11:06Z) when the crew rejected takeoff at high speed (about 110 knots over ground) after colliding with an object on the runway. The aircraft slowed and stopped on the runway, the crew reported severe damage to the aircraft after hitting something big on the runway, they were considering to evacuate the aircraft and requested assistance to check the aircraft for damage and fire. Tower reported there was excessive smoke coming from the nose gear while slowing to a stop. Emergency services responded and found a trash bin, that had been blown onto the runway and had hit the nose gear of the 747. Both tyres of the nose gear had blown as result.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Los Angeles about 11 hours after landing.

A replacement Boeing 747-400 registration N741CK is estimated to reach Honolulu with a delay of 9 hours.

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