Lufthansa cargo MD11 Crashes

[Blake Riley]

A Lufthansa cargo plane has crashed at King Khaled International Airport in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, Saudi state television reports.

There were no casualties on the German-owned plane, the kingdom's civil aviation authority said.

But the plane's two pilots were being treated in hospital, Lufthansa said in a statement quoted by Reuters.

The Saudi civil aviation authority has been trying to put out a fire on the plane, reports said.

"The firefighters are containing the fire," said a spokesman for the General Authority of Civil Aviation.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-10772817

Havnt heard much more about it but sad to see yet another MD11 crashed

[Grant Smith]

**** the write off the plane - how 'bout great to see no lives lost!

:rolleyes:

[Blake Riley]

More reports coming out now about the crash
Lufthansa Cargo also said that the aircraft suffered a "hard landing" and "broke into two pieces".

A Lufthansa cargo plane which caught fire in mid-flight crashed on landing at Riyadh airport on Tuesday, but its two pilots were safe with minor injuries, a Saudi aviation official said.

"The captain and the copilot are in good health, they only had minor injuries," said Khalid al-Khaibri, a spokesman for the Saudi civil aviation authority.

The pilot of the Lufthansa MD-11, flight 8460 from Frankfurt, reported a fire in the cargo hold of the aircraft to ground officials before landing at Riyadh's King Khaled International Airport, Khaibri told AFP.

The airport immediately put ground rescue and fire teams on alert, he said.

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

The aircraft broke in half on landing at around noon (0900 GMT) and erupted into flames which were later extinguished.

"The aircraft is totally finished," an airport ground services official told AFP, declining to give his name.

[Thornton Shepherd]

It seems that there have been many accidents on landing, especially with strong winds. When will aviation authorities around the world admit that this type has a problem and force the manufacturer to correct it?

[Nigel C]

It seems that there have been many accidents on landing, especially with strong winds. When will aviation authorities around the world admit that this type has a problem and force the manufacturer to correct it?


Perhaps it's not the type that has the problem, and perhaps it's not the manufacturer who needs to correct anything. Let's wait for an official report and see if it was being flown outside of its specified operating envelope before passing a gross generalisation.

[Peter Agatsiotis]

According to Skyliner news the a/c was D-ALCQ. Always sad to hear about any accident but thankfully no casualties.