27 July 2010 • MD-11F Cargo il piu sfigato aereo degli ultimi 3 anni ! Cargo LH plane crashes at Saudi Arabia Capital, Riyadh Airport

27 July 2010 • Cargo LH plane crashes at Saudi Arabia

• Saudi Capital, Riyadh Airport • Air Cargo • DISASTRI AEREI

• MD-11F Cargo il più sfigato aereo degli ultimi 3 anni !

2010, fino ad oggi, su un totale di 15 incidenti mortali occorsi,
ben 3 hanno riguardato SERVIZI CARGO
coinvolgendo un Airbus A300, un Antonov 12, e un Beech 1900.

A questi incidenti si va ora ad aggiungere il nuovo evento
(per fortuna senza vittime) occorso ieri (27 July 2010) MD-11F D-ALCQ di Lufthansa durante la fase di atterraggio sull’aeroporto saudita di Riyadh.

L’aereo, danneggiato irreparabilmente, era stato costruito nel 1993.

Con questo incidente salgono a 5 gli MD-11F incidentati negli ultimi 19 mesi.

5 incidenti in meno di 2 anni per un velivolo la cui produzione complessiva
ha toccato un totale di 200 macchine rappresentano una percentuale già alta, che cresce ulteriormente se si considera che di questi 200 velivoli
solo 58 sono stati trasformati in TUTTO MERCI.

Si tratta di 53 serie Freighter (F) e 5 Special Freighter (SF),
ed i 5 incidenti recentemente occorsi coinvolgono appunto
quest’ultima variante.

• CARGO DISASTER •
Nel 2009 - N. 12 incidenti mortali che hanno riguardato
questa tipologia di Servizi Merci fra cui 2 operati da velivoli MD11

Nel 2008 gli incidenti cargo erano stati N.9.

Tenendo conto della bassa incidenza che hanno i voli tutto-merci
sul totale dei servizi effettuati a livello mondiale,
12 incidenti mortali in un anno rappresentano davvero
una percentuale davvero alta.

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• A cargo plane belonging to the German airline Lufthansa crashed at Riyadh's King Khaled International Airport in Saudi Arabia today, apparently after a fire broke out in the hold.

The plane's pilot and co-pilot were hospitalised after the crash with minor injuries, the airline said, and both are "in good health".

Reports said the aircraft broke into two on landing after smoke was seen coming from the plane as it approached the airport.

The pilot of Flight LH8460 reported a fire in the cargo bay of the

McDonnell Douglas MD-11 as he approached King Khaled International Airport,

Lufthansa said. The plane had been due to continue to Sharjah, United Arab Emirates after leaving Riyadh.

It was carrying 80 metric tons of freight when it crashed.

- The cause of the incident is being investigated - the airline said.

• Khalid al Khaibri, a spokesman for the Saudi Civil Aviation Authority
told AFP, that the pilot reported a fire in the cargo hold of the aircraft to ground officials before landing.

"The captain informed the tower that there was fire in the back of the plane," he said.

The Airport immediately put ground rescue and fire teams on ALERT

• Civil defence teams succeeded in putting out the fire after the crash,
and flights at the airport were resumed a short while after the incident.
An airport ground services official said the aircraft "is totally finished."

• The Lufthansa Cargo MD-11, flying 80 tonnes of freight from Frankfurt
to the Saudi capital, crashed at 11:38am.

The airline said that it was "not yet known exactly what type of freight
it was or which customers are affected. The cause of the accident is still being investigated. At the moment, we have no further details."

• The MD-11 has previously been involved in some seven crashes that have involved the total destruction of the aircraft, including two last year 2009:

a FedEx Express flight crashed at Narita International Airport, Japan in March while landing in windy conditions, and an an Avient Aviation MD-11F crashed on take-off from Shanghai Pudong International Airport on a flight to Kyrgyzstan in November with the loss of three lives.

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