Skylease Cargo 4854 10

[VEBill]

For those interested. This morning's incident at Halifax airport (CYHZ) with Sky Lease Cargo 4854, 747-400, registration N908AR. Reportedly the four crew were not seriously injured. Happened upon landing. Overshot runway a bit.

Only about 5km from my workplace. My picture, taken from the perimeter fence next to the road.

 

[berkshire]

Avweb reported two runway overruns, the 747 barely garnered a sentence.

Few Injuries In Two Overruns

Russ Niles



A couple of runway overruns in the last few days have wrecked millions in hardware but did not hurt anyone seriously. On Friday morning, a Fly Jamaica Boeing 757 went off the end of Cheddi Jagan International Airport’s runway in Guyana and plowed into a sand pile at the lip of a 40-foot drop. The plane had taken off a few minutes earlier for Toronto and returned after reporting hydraulics problems. There were 120 passengers and eight crew aboard and six were slightly injured. That airplane might be useable again but a 747-400 cargo plane will be taken to the scrap heap from Halifax’s Stanfield International Airport.

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[IRstuff]

Ack, click-bait; videos of backhoes moving abOUt, but no ripping.

btw, the Chinese name on the plane is far more interesting than the English Skylease; literal translation is "year year have fish," i.e., "We always have fish"

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[VEBill]

We always have fish

Well then, I guess it's: "So long, and thanks for all the fish." [Strangely applicable. Ref ]

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'Real ATC' audio of the incident:

https://youtu.be/sNrMFiqnc0Q

 

[Sparweb]

From the ATC record, I noticed that the fire crew asked if there were any dangerous goods on the aircraft.
It is interesting to consider just how much complex data management would be required for ATC to actually have the aircraft manifest at their fingertips, and be able to answer that firefighter's question.

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[VEBill]

Dismantled.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova...t-halifax-airport-runway-dismantled-1.4911873

 

[itsmoked]

I'm kinda surprised that this totaled that 747. I presume it was pretty much empty and even low on fuel weight being at the end of it's trip. Just hitting dirt totaled it. I'd kind of expect some aerodynamic jolts to be greater than what this low-speed over-run would deliver, yet 747s aren't noted for cracking in half while in flight.

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[Comcokid]

The plane was 21.7 years old. That's getting to the age at which most large planes are always a couple flights ahead of being scrapped anyway.

https://www.planespotters.net/airframe/Boeing/747/N908AR-Sky-Lease-Cargo/8O4nIPW7

 

[waross]

The reaction to breaking the wheels off may have broken its back.

Bill
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[Sparweb]

Eating dirt has made the engines worthless. Half the value of the plane gone right there. More than half - that's an old airframe.
There might be value in the avionics... probably not much though. It didn't take long to cut it up, so clearly not much time was spent pulling the boxes out.
Broken back? Barely worth the scrap value to cut it up and carry it away. Somebody might break even.
In some ways there is "educational" value in having a scrap airframe around, to train students on techniques of assembly or maintenance.
But this way of getting one isn't ideal, either. A scrap Learjet is a lot easier to store than a scrap 747!

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[VEBill]

Video of part of the demolition.

https://youtu.be/lt5au6adnB0

Screenshot (edited: cropped & adjusted):

 

[ornerynorsk]

The forward section would've made a brilliant housing unit for some handyman entrepreneurial type. I understand the need to get it removed quickly, though.

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[TehMightyEngineer]

Somewhere out there a flight sim enthusiast is crying.

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[Comcokid]

The forward section would've made a brilliant housing unit for some handyman entrepreneurial type. I understand the need to get it removed quickly, though.

https://www.awesomeinventions.com/boeing-727-conversion-home/