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| Terrifying moment Boeing 767's nose smashes into runway |
| 2024-05-08 |
| [MAIL] A Boeing 767 cargo plane has crashed upon landing in Turkey this morning after its landing gear failed when it came into land. The flight, operated by American postal service FedEx, took off from Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport early this morning and was headed for Istanbul when the pilot realised the landing gear was malfunctioning. Shocking footage showed the moment the plane attempted an emergency landing, smashing down into the runway and scraping its nose along the concrete. Sparks flew from the plane's tattered fuselage as it crunched along the tarmac with smoke billowing from behind. The crash will only compound woes for Boeing which is already facing intense scrutiny amid a string of mishaps and controversy over safety concerns - not to mention the deaths of two whistleblowers just two months apart. Related: Boeing 767 04/16/2023 9/11 Hijackers Given Bank Accounts, California Apartment at ‘Behest of the CIA' – FBI Investigator Boeing 767 09/11/2022 9-11 and 21 Years later, do we have ALL the facts yet? Boeing 767 07/03/2021 Boeing shares slide as cargo plane lands in Pacific Ocean off Hawaii coast |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #11 Something in motion for a long time. Boeing having a lot of 'bad luck' recently. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2024-05-08 19:56 |
| #10 Bean counters, not pilots and engineers. |
| Posted by: illeagle 2024-05-08 13:42 |
| #9 I tend to be with #1. That said, I think even the most pudding brained understands that a door is supposed to stay closed when not in use. The better question is how does an organization who has been designing building flying and selling aircraft for over 100 years suddenly forget how? |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2024-05-08 12:44 |
| #8 To the pearl clutchers, I say, "How many planes have you designed / built / flown / sold?" |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2024-05-08 11:13 |
| #7 |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-05-08 11:09 |
| #6 There is supposed to be a landing wheel at the nose of the plane. It doesn't seem to have been deployed based on the video. |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2024-05-08 10:25 |
| #5 I just bought a used Wrangler after my 2008 Liberty developed a bad case of unibody rot. Im off the hook on this recall. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2024-05-08 08:11 |
| #4 this story panders to sensationalize Oh, OK. Now, about your Dominion voting machine. Toyota, Jeep, Hyundai and Ford among 1.4 million vehicles recalled: Check car recalls here |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-05-08 07:57 |
| #3 And, don't rule out that when a landing gear that works hundreds or thousands of times a day has a failure, it's probably a maintenance or inspection issue. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2024-05-08 07:48 |
| #2 Who makes landing gear for Boeing 767? A company called Menasco. You may remember when the 737 was introduced there was a crash later attributed to the plane's rudder being out of position. That was traced to hydraulic parts supplies by a company called Parker-Hannafin. All these aircraft are "systems of systems." Still, the buck stops at the logo on the nose of the plane. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2024-05-08 07:45 |
| #1 While Boeing has made lots of mistakes, highly doubtful this incident can be traced to them. Easy to kick somebody when they are down. I am not a fan of the current direction of Boeing, and refuse to fly on any version of the Max, but this story panders to sensationalize. Parts fail, people fail. But extremely doubtful this can be attributed to BCAC. |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2024-05-08 07:30 |