Boeing 747 lost in Frankfurt, eight-Meter-large part

In Frankfurt, holes gaped in a Boeing 747 of ACT Airlines. Reason was flap during the landing, fallen land. It is not the first incident of this kind.

The pilots noticed the damage until long after the landing. The Boeing 747-400 F the Turkish Cargo carrier ACT Airlines was on 16. September 2018 launched in Dammam in Saudi Arabia. On behalf of Saudia Cargo, she headed for Frankfurt. At about 5 o'clock in the morning, the Jumbo Jet landed at Germany's largest Airport.

Only about three hours later, the air Supervisory body of the Frankfurt airport received a message. To the already parked Boeing 747 damage was discovered on the vertical stabilizer. Also holes, sanding, and scratch marks were on the right fuselage side of the Turkish cargo plane, carrying the colors of the Wet-Lease customers Saudia.

Fallen-off parts next to the runway

What caused the damage, was able to make a summoned technicians quickly. He Let the flaps of the Park extend the Boeing 747. This showed that the inner right flap of the 16-year-old Jumbo had resolved Jets.

Airport staff found the eight on a wing part of the later addition to the runway 07R, the aircraft had previously landed. Also, guide rails to keep the flaps on the wing, lying there. The German Federal Agency for flight accident investigation, aaib made the Details of the incident are now in an interim report to the public.

Assembly errors and incorrect lubrication

Reasons why the country fell shut up, don't call the authority. However, the investigators point out that it is in the past already been two similar incidents with Boeing 747-400 F is the have lost flaps when landing in Frankfurt, parts of your country. So in 2009 lost a Jumbo-Jet of the South Korean Asiana Cargo door is a left country, as the pilots wanted to extend during the approach to Frankfurt at a height of about 400 meters.

Similar to it happened in the year 2014, as in the case of a Boeing 747 from Korean Air Cargo also parts of the left-hand buoyancy aid fell off, as the pilots operated in the landing approach. According to the BFU-investigators that there were at that time, installation errors and incorrect lubrication, which caused the Drop of the wing parts.

Jumbo crash lost

ACT Airlines was until Recently on the market as My Cargo Airlines. It was founded in 2004 and is today one of the Turkish Investor Daglar Cizmeci. It has a fleet of five Boeing 747. In case of a crash in Kyrgyzstan, she lost two years ago, a Jumbo Jet. 39 people died in the accident.

In the above image gallery to see images of the damage to the Boeing 747 in F.

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