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MK Airlines Flight 1602 was an MK Airlines Boeing 747-200F cargo flight on a flight from Halifax Stanfield International Airport, Nova Scotia, Canada, to Zaragoza Airport, Spain. It crashed on take-off in 2004, killing the crew of 7. It was the fourth accident for MK Airlines, as well as the deadliest. [1]
The aircraft was withdrawn from service and later converted into a freighter aircraft in October 2010. [2] DHL Aero Expreso took possesion in November 2010. The captain, age 58, had logged 16,381 flight hours, including 6,233 hours on the Boeing 757. The first officer, age 43, had 10,545 flight hours including 2,337 on the Boeing 757. [3]
Catastrophic and contained cargo fire in rear cargo deck lead to the separation of tail section, an in-flight break up and a high-speed dive into ocean 1988-04-28 Aloha Airlines Flight 243: Hawaii, United States Boeing 737: Improper adhesive bonding of fuselage lap joints 1 Corrosion and fatigue: 18 ft of roof separated from fuselage 1988-12-21
March 19: A Cargo Plus Aviation-owned 707-300 freighter on a wet-lease to Ethiopian Airlines crashed into Lake Victoria on approach to Runway 35 at Entebbe, Uganda, on the lake's northern shore. The 31-year-old 707 freighter was on approach to Runway 35 during its second attempt to land.
Asiana Airlines Flight 991 was a cargo flight operated by Asiana Airlines. On 28 July 2011, the Boeing 747-400F flying from Seoul, South Korea, to Shanghai, China, crashed into the sea off Jeju Island after suffering an in-flight cargo fire. Both pilots, the only two people on board, were killed. [1]
The hole in the fuselage – roughly in an inverted T-shape – was up to 2.01 metres (6 ft 7 in) wide and approximately 1.52 metres (5 ft 0 in) high, located on the right side of the fuselage, below cabin floor level and immediately forward of the wing. The wing-fuselage fairing was missing, revealing some palletised cargo in the hold.
The Dreamlifter is one of the largest cargo planes flying thanks to its oversized fuselage, built to aid 787 Dreamliner production and part transport. ... Boeing's 747-400LCF Dreamlifter has flown ...
The fuselage split and 25 people were injured. [27] On October 5, 1998, a Boeing 747SP-44, owned by South African Airways and leased to LAM Mozambique Airlines, registered as ZS-SPF, experienced an engine failure shortly after takeoff on Engine 3, the inner right hand engine. As a result, debris flew off from that engine to Engine 4, the outer ...