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Tuesday 27 October 2015
'Unusual vibration' before plane's landing gear failed - Comair
Johannesburg - The British Airways plane that was stranded at OR Tambo International Airport early Monday afternoon "experienced an unusual vibration which was followed shortly by the collapse of the left landing gear".
That's according to Comair, who confirmed in a statement that the incident involving Boeing 737-400, registration ZS-OAA experienced a failure with its landing gear shortly after touching down on the runway.
Airports Company SA emergency services were notified and responded to the scene immediately, helping passengers and crew to safely disembark. No one was injured.
That's according to Comair, who confirmed in a statement that the incident involving Boeing 737-400, registration ZS-OAA experienced a failure with its landing gear shortly after touching down on the runway.
Airports Company SA emergency services were notified and responded to the scene immediately, helping passengers and crew to safely disembark. No one was injured.
"The aircraft is currently on runway 03R and Comair and the relevant authorities are onsite making the necessary arrangements for the removal of the aircraft."
Due to safety and security reasons, the runway has been closed.
The British Airways flight, BA 6234, left Port Elizabeth at 10:35 with six crew and 94 passengers on board and arrived in Johannesburg just past noon.
British Airways Comair
British Airways Comair plane passengers describe terrifying moment landing gear failed
Monday 26 October 2015
North Korea Has The “World’s Worst Airline,” Here’s A Look Inside
For Daily LOL by Moira.Ghazal – North Korea’s state airline, Air Koryo, has been voted the worst airline in the world and has a measly one-star rating on Skytrax. Aram Pan, a photographer, chose to capture what it’s like to fly on the world’s worst airline. Posted on his site, DPRK 360, Pan snapped shots of everything, from the cockpit to the bathroom to even the airplane food. Contrary to what is expected, it’s not THAT bad. See for yourself:
The crew were friendly and welcoming upon entry:
The panels were quite telling of the plane’s age:
The seats don’t look super comfortable, but they do have one pretty cool feature that new planes don’t have:
You can actually fold over the seat if it isn’t occupied and place your feet on it for more leg room and comfort!
A British Airways flight from Port Elizabeth to Johannesburg crash-landed at OR Tambo International Airport today (26 October, 2015).
A British Airways flight from Port Elizabeth to Johannesburg crash-landed at OR Tambo International Airport today (26 October, 2015).
According to Port Elizabeth passenger Warren Mann‚ the landing gear snapped and the engine caught alight.
Nobody was injured during the crash landing.
According to Airports Company SA (Acsa)‚ all departures and arrivals into OR Tambo International could have a 30 minute delay due to the runway obstruction.
Lufthansa 747-8
O.R. Tambo International Airport added 2 new photos.
Today, history was made as Lufthansa’s new stretched Boeing 747-8 touched down on African soil for the first time. Flight LH 572 arrived this morning from Frankfurt and got a warm welcome at our Airport.#avgeek #aviation #airports #travel#planespotters
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