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Accident in Riyadh

Postby ozzy72 » Tue Jul 27, 2010 7:11 am

A Lufthansa cargo plane has crashed at King Khaled International Airport in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, Saudi state television reports.

There were no casualties on the German-owned plane, the kingdom's civil aviation authority said.

But the plane's two pilots were being treated in hospital, Lufthansa said in a statement quoted by Reuters.

The Saudi civil aviation authority has been trying to put out a fire on the plane, reports said.

"The firefighters are containing the fire," said a spokesman for the General Authority of Civil Aviation.
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Re: Accident in Riyadh

Postby OVERLORD_CHRIS » Tue Jul 27, 2010 2:16 pm

I just read this, I wonder if it had any thing to do with unforeseen stress fatigue?
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Re: Accident in Riyadh

Postby Ivan » Thu Jul 29, 2010 2:03 pm

Fire in cargo hold damaged the fuselage....
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