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...more pictures thruUPDATE According to first reports, the aircraft suffered engine failure then rejected takeoff, leading some of the wheels into the grass
Date: 11-NOV-2017
Time: 23:36 LT
Type: Boeing 747-428FER
Owner/operator: Saudia Cargo, opb ACT Airlines
Registration: TC-ACR
C/n / msn: 32866/1315
Fatalities: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Op een van de platforms van Maastricht Aachen Airport is dinsdagmiddag begonnen met de voorbereidingen van de herstelwerkzaamheden aan de Boeing van Saudi Cargo.
Het vrachtvliegtuig kwam 11 november vorig jaar naast de baan terecht. Het toestel van ACT Airlines kwam in de penarie door motorproblemen. De piloten merkten tijdens het opstijgen dat er iets niet in de haak was en moesten de start afbreken.
Toen het vrachtvliegtuig eenmaal in de berm tot stilstand kwam, kon het personeel ongedeerd het vliegtuig verlaten.
Op de luchthaven in Beek wordt eerst een overkapping over het toestel geplaatst, zodat de monteurs probleemloos kunnen werken aan het herstel van het vliegtuig.
Waarschijnlijk zal de neus van het toestel moeten worden vervangen. Diverse technici uit het buitenland zijn overgekomen om deze klus te klaren.
Wanneer de werkzaamheden zijn afgerond zijn en het toestel weer kan vliegen, is niet bekend.
B747-426FER_TCACR_ACT AIRLINES LSB SAUDIA ARAB AIRLINES_EHBK_180131 by Leo Remmel, on Flickr
IMG_2411 by Leo Remmel, on Flickr
This image shows the nosegear severly damaged. The cockpit is some 12m over the ground.....streep wrote:a cockpit rebuild, after a low speed runway excursion ??
There might be some serious gear damage due to the clay and mud.
Motors botched Boeing 747 are going to roar tomorrow morning
The Boeing 747 with engine trouble was parked for almost six months at the airport to be patched up.
The engines of the Boeing 747 that slipped off the track at Maastricht Airport last year
will be tested at full speed tomorrow morning,
Wednesday 6 June 2018, from 8 am to 9 am.
The airport warns local residents that the noise can cause noise pollution in the area.
The runway will also be unavailable for several hours.
If the test runs smoothly, the aircraft can leave the next day.
After the engine tests,
the aircraft will use the runway from 9.00 to 12.00.
The job is then closed for other flights.
This only has consequences for cargo planes, which can land or take off later in the day.
It has no consequences for passenger flights.
The first device from Corendon only lands at 2 p.m. in the afternoon, according to a spokesman.
If the tests with the Boeing are satisfactory,
the repaired unit will leave a day later.
The Boeing hit the runway on November 11 last year 2017 in the evening.
The pilot had discovered a fault in the engines.
He broke the start, and the plane shot a few yards from the track.
The airport was closed to all traffic until the evening after.
Parked
The cargo plane has been parked under a special tent at the airport during the past few months.
The repair took several months.
This was partly because parts first had to be sent to the Boeing factory
in the United States to serve as the basis for a mold.
On that basis, the new components were made and then transported back to Maastricht Aachen Airport.
New society
If the plane can take off again, it does not start with the Saudi Cargo logo on the side of the aircraft.
The lease contract of that company has now expired.
The cargo plane leaves Zuid-Limburg under the flag of ACT Airlines.
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