Omni in hard landing at Shannon

Storm 10

https://www.facebook.com/274669819279240/posts/2812142715531925/

Tenzor07

That's a troop carrier for the U.S Army, would have quite a lot of weapons/ammunition on board too i'd say...

Storm 10

Tenzor07 wrote: »

That's a troop carrier for the U.S Army, would have quite a lot of weapons/ammunition on board too i'd say...

That don't carry weapons anymore not allowed to just troops weapons go back direct ,they are not allowed land with weapons.

vicwatson

Tenzor07 wrote: »

That's a troop carrier for the U.S Army, would have quite a lot of weapons/ammunition on board too i'd say...

We'll never know, as they are never checked afaik

Omni callsign therefore not troops onboard, if carrying troops its Camber.

Cookiemunster

That looks to be a fair bit of damage.

circular flexing

http://avherald.com/h?article=4d449dfc&opt=0

Boxcar_Willie

Why would all the window blinds be down ?
Meant to be open for landing .

L1011

Boxcar_Willie wrote: »

Why would all the window blinds be down ?
Meant to be open for landing .

The photo appears to be after removal to a stand somewhere else, not directly after the landing. Presumably someone closed them.

d51984

Jesus that looks bad enough, will it be repaired?

jucylucy

Heard somebody in mid-west looking for a barge next week:D

Pat Dunne

jucylucy wrote: »

Heard somebody in mid-west looking for a barge next week:D

That place still hasn’t opened.

vicwatson

d51984 wrote: »

Jesus that looks bad enough, will it be repaired?

Depends.

It’s 18 years old but that doesn’t necessarily mean it won’t be repaired

XsApollo

Here is a close up.

Comhrá

Could be going to Knock to keep the A380 company if the repairs are deemed uneconomical.

Hotblack Desiato

If an unpressurised ferry flight is allowed. They're hardly going to patch it up just so they can fly it to Knock for breaking.

Presume the turbulence coming off the hangars had a role here?

Tenzor07

Just re-skin it, will be grand! maybe!

LoonyLovegood

Looks a little bit like the Delta 757 in PDL that had the hard landing, most people thought it'd be scrapped immediately but they repaired and it's back in service.

billy few mates

That's definitely repairable.
It might take a bit of time and cost a few bob but if something like this was going to happen to one of your aircraft you couldn't wish for it to happen in a better location.
No shortage of suitably skilled and qualified personnel to get this thing flying again.
Eight weeks work maximum but most likely a lot less.

roundymac

XsApollo wrote: »

Here is a close up.

Ouch, that looks bad.

Tenger

Tenzor07 wrote: »

That's a troop carrier for the U.S Army, would have quite a lot of weapons/ammunition on board too i'd say...

vicwatson wrote: »

We'll never know, as they are never checked afaik

A poster on Boards.ie happens to be member of the US army (currently a Nat Guard major)
He has previously related the restrictions on weapons for flights.

No weapons on ferry flights such as this, these troops were going onward to a US military base where their gear has been pre-positioned.

Troops flights INTO/OUT OF a warzone (ie Iraq, Afghanistan) personal weapons only (ie M-4 and pistol) with max of 2 mags per weapon.

Hotblack Desiato

Some more pics from AvH:







They say Boeing are making arrangements to repair it.

The One Doctor

That's essentially a cracked fuselage. Way more than a hard landing.

d51984

As said above, coudnt of happened at a better place. Vast of experience at Shannon.

vicwatson

Tenger wrote: »

A poster on Boards.ie happens to be member of the US army (currently a Nat Guard major)
He has previously related the restrictions on weapons for flights.

No weapons on ferry flights such as this, these troops were going onward to a US military base where their gear has been pre-positioned.

Troops flights INTO/OUT OF a warzone (ie Iraq, Afghanistan) personal weapons only (ie M-4 and pistol) with max of 2 mags per weapon.

This article says differently


https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/home/525437/over-450-us-planes-carrying-weapons-landed-in-shannon-airport-in-2019.html

sparrowcar

In the present climate this could end being scrapped.

smurfjed

What happened to this aircraft since the accident?

BZ

smurfjed wrote: »

What happened to this aircraft since the accident?

Still sitting in Shannon waiting on work to be carried out.

TedR

Civilian :-) question
Would that landing have been very uncomfortable or even hurt passengers on board?

kirving

I flew on an Omni charter to Spain (Dublin - Almeria) the guts of 15 years ago. Aside from the all American cabin crew, the one thing I remember well was the ridiculously steep take off and hard landing. I guess it made sense flying into and out of Iraq.