As reported on Monday (Link: Safety Report – 06/30/2008) a DHL Boeing 767-281(BDSF) caught fire behind the cockpit while parked at SFO.
Today I found a video showing pictures of the damaged plane. Furthermore it’s reported that the airline received a threat against an unspecified aircraft just one week before the fire.
Video:
Date & Time: 07/02/2008 22:13
Location: Atlanta, GA
Aircraft Type: McDonnell Douglas MD-82 (DC-9-82) Registration: N458AA
Operator: American Airlines
Phase: Landing
Damage: Minor
Injuries & Fatalities: None
Description: On landing, the left main tire blew – minor damage reported
Source: FAA
Correctness of this posting is not guaranteed & completeness not intended. This posting is just for informational purpose.
The Boeing Company this week delivered a Next-Generation 737-800 to Toronto-based Sunwing Airlines.
The third new Next-Generation 737 to be delivered to Sunwing and the first to be operated on lease from lessor Aviation Capital Group (ACG), the airplane is equipped with performance-enhancing Blended Winglets, which improve fuel efficiency and reduce CO2 emissions by up to 4 percent.
The new airplane will go into service immediately on the carrier’s coast-to-coast domestic program and will serve Sunwing’s routes to the U.S., Central America, the Caribbean, and Mexico.
Sunwing will lease a second new 737 from ACG in 2009, at which time the Sunwing fleet will comprise 15 airplanes, all Boeing 737-800s.
Source: Boeing
Really disturbing photos showing the retired British Airways Concorde G-BOAD were recently posted at nycaviation.com
The photos reveal how bad this historic plane was treated over the past years. The nose cone broke off, the paint is peeling and birds are craping in its engines.
All photos at: http://nycaviation.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=12589
The Concorde was given to the USS Intrepid Museum New York, but was moved some years ago to Floyd Bennett Field.
The museum should be ashamed for treating their Concorde like that. There are literally hundreds of aviation museums all over the world which would be proud for having a real Concorde in their collection, but NY just parks her at some airfield like a piece of junk!
