Cargo plane crashes in Tokyo

Reoil

A cargo plane has crash-landed and burst into flames near Tokyo.
The accident happened as the plane landed at Narita international airport from Guangzhou in China.
Japan's NHK public broadcaster showed a dramatic footage of the plane landing, bouncing and then bursting into flames on Monday morning local time.
A pilot and co-pilot were reportedly aboard the Federal Express jet, but there is no news on their condition or any other casualties.
Firefighters rushed to the scene of the crash.
One runway at Narita was closed after the accident.





Video [actual footage] here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZHla1nQzfA

Can't see the pilots getting out of that one I'm afraid.

Wind to blame? Or just to fast?
Looks like front gear failure and bad weight distribution to me.

V Bull

Just watching Fox News here Chicago.

They're reporting that the all American Crew were killed in the Tokyo incident.

They are also reporting on another DC 12 aircraft crash in Butte, Montana USA saying that 17 children / teenagers killed coming back from a school skying trip.

Turbulent Bill

How come so many DC-10 / MD-11 crashes end up with the fuselage upside-down? The link from the Aer Lingus DC-10 thread on the crashes for this plane shows that quite a few seem to flip over during takeoff / landing accidents - you rarely see this with other types.

Biro

Turbulent Bill wrote: »

How come so many DC-10 / MD-11 crashes end up with the fuselage upside-down? The link from the Aer Lingus DC-10 thread on the crashes for this plane shows that quite a few seem to flip over during takeoff / landing accidents - you rarely see this with other types.

I always wondered the same! Must be the weight of the engine up top that once it starts leaning over to one side the momentum brings it all the way over.

Nforce

A similar accident happened in July 1997... http://www.airlinesafety.com/faq/faq9.htm

Delta Kilo

Reoil wrote: »

A cargo plane has crash-landed and burst into flames near Tokyo.
A pilot and co-pilot were reportedly aboard the Federal Express jet,

Not to be cynical or anything as this was a horrific crash, as was the other crash today, but how long did it take them to figure that one out? I mean they hardly expected it to be flown by remote control or something!

FlutterinBantam

I can see where you are coming from, but I guess they said that to emphasise to non-aviation people that there only two on board.

The wording is pedantic in fairness.

donkey balls

the two crew members confirmed dead my prayers&thoughts go out to there familys& work colleagues through out the fedx network

ArphaRima

Looks like a heavy landing, bounce, then on second impact, nosewheel first (possibly forward elevator by pilot), third impact the tail/left gear collapses, plane explodes...
Not pretty.

donkey balls

the plane was landing on Rwy 34L and the weather was very gusty a x wind here is the metar reported for NRT.

Metar Rjaa 222100z 30013g28kt 260v330 9999 Few020 13/m01 Q0998 Nosig=
Metar Rjaa 222130z 32026g40kt 9999 Few020 12/m02 Q0999 Ws R34l Nosig=
Metar Rjaa 222200z 31026g40kt 9999 Few020 12/m02 Q1001 Nosig=
Metar Rjaa 222230z 30018kt 9999 Few030 12/m03 Q1001 Ws R34r Tempo 31020g30kt=

Taf Rjaa 222038z 2221/2324 31014kt 9999 Few030 Tempo 2221/2306 31020g30kt Becmg 2309/2312 01008kt=

we will just have to wait and for the FDR&CVR to be recovered to find out what hapened.

Turbulent Bill

Biro wrote: »

I always wondered the same! Must be the weight of the engine up top that once it starts leaning over to one side the momentum brings it all the way over.

Good point. They all appear to lose a wing during the impact too, which would make it easier to roll over. It seems a bit chicken-and-egg - either the tail engine momentum causes the wing to snap (not good), or the wing is always sheared on impact and the engine just completes the fuselage roll. I wouldn't fancy being a pilot in that anyway, RIP.

I always thought the DC-10 was unfairly maligned (a good design let down by poor maintenance practices), but my opinion might be changing now...

Danbo!

Delta Kilo wrote: »

Not to be cynical or anything as this was a horrific crash, as was the other crash today, but how long did it take them to figure that one out? I mean they hardly expected it to be flown by remote control or something!

On some cargo flights you might have other crew in the jump seat or crew area as well, to fly the return or just to get to a destination to begin another route.

wayne2107

Work for fedex here in Dublin (DUBA for Fedex employes), was very shocked to hear about this. This is our first fatal accident and hopefully our last.



Captain Kevin Kyle Mosley, 54, joined FedEx Express on May 1, 1996.
Hometown: Hillsboro, Oregon
Total career flight hours: 12,800


First Officer Anthony Stephen Pino, 49, joined FedEx Express on July 10, 2006
Hometown: San Antonio, Texas
Total career flight hours: 6,300

RIP Brothers.

pclancy

I've only watched this now as youtube is blocked in work......that video is horrible to watch, i've never seen any aircraft suffer like that before must have been terrifying to be in