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After Electrics Fail, Hard Landing in Anchorage blows 14 tires on Southern Air Landing


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What: Southern Air Boeing 747-200F en route from Miami to Anchorage
Where: Anchorage International Airport
When: Sept 11, 2012
Who: crew
Why: Outside of Anchorage, all four main power generators on the Southern Air Boeing quit; the plane had a complete electrical failure. They made the rest of the flight on battery power, which was nearly depleted by the time they reached Anchorage.

The Southern Air cargo jet landed in Anchorage on backup power and without communication until 13 minutes before landing; the landing was hard and fast without reverse thrusters. No one was injured, although on landing, 14 of the Of the jet’s 18 tires blew out. Emergency services were on standby awaiting a fire.

The previous owner of the plane was Saudi Air.

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