Good afternoon,
Congratulations to the EAT-crew for this miraculeous job in Bagdad.
As a lot of people within DHL and EAT, this is a proove how dedicated those people from DHL and EAT are.
Leipzig will at least have very good skilled flightcrews...
Greetz, Karl
Congratulations for to the crew for their courage and their professionalism. They have done an excellent job that day.
As for OO-DLL, for the moment it doesn't look good for that plane. I suppose that it'll be scrapped or at least stored in Baghdad, since there aren't any facilities at the airport to repair the plane
sn26567 wrote:
With a new wing it should be able to fly again! But who is going to install it in Irak? Would Airbus dare to send a Beluga and technicians there?
There is more damage than only the wing in my opinion.
The engines have absorbed a lot of sand during the landing,which means that they will need to be checked as well and maybe replaced.
Then I suppose that the A300 landed with more weight than allowed, since the pilots didn't had the time to dump the fuel. This means that the under carriage will also need inspections.
The plane shouldn't be technically a w/o but the location makes it a lot harder to repair it.
Then I suppose that the A300 landed with more weight than allowed, since the pilots didn't had the time to dump the fuel. This means that the under carriage will also need inspections.
Not completely true as they where empty and not full fuel due to the relative short flight to Bah.
The aircraft is from what I heard at the company total los as it was more a controlled crash iso a landing. Airbus would be interested in the wreckage as they can learn a lot from it.
Then I suppose that the A300 landed with more weight than allowed, since the pilots didn't had the time to dump the fuel. This means that the under carriage will also need inspections.
Not completely true as they where empty and not full fuel due to the relative short flight to Bah.
The aircraft is from what I heard at the company total los as it was more a controlled crash iso a landing. Airbus would be interested in the wreckage as they can learn a lot from it.
MiStEr-T wrote:What about the future of OO-DLL ?
He sits on the tarmac at Baghdad Airport since the accident.
I received a email from Jack Downey of Chrison Aerospace LLC, who did the repair with a 7 man strong team in 23 days
I can tell you that OO-DLL is repaired in a state to ferry flight the aircraft out Baghdad, OO-DLL is now known as N1452,
Engines will be replaced in november
pictures and more info to follow....
by the way, ex. OO-DLR known as EC-JHO is still flying in Baghdad without DHL markings.
It toke a bit longer than I tought... But finally some news and pictures of the Airbus in baghdad.
First of all, the A/C is still there out somewhere ( can be viewed with google earth) at Baghdad airport.
The engines are removed and send to a repair shop, they should be back in the near future. after reinstalling the engines, the aircraft will fly somewhere they can do the wing replacement and probably near to the donor wing. The whole process takes more time , because it's not an usally situation and work conditions. But I hope and believe this will work out. I read some where It should be ready for lease in the Q2 of 2007. But my informant told me they will do there best !
