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Contact photographer Paul CarlottiNTSB ASSISTS GOVERNMENT OF SOUTH KOREA IN AVIATION ACCIDENT
Washington – The NTSB is dispatching a team of investigators to assist the government of South Korea in its investigation of the crash of Asiana flight 991, a Boeing 747-400F cargo airplane.
On July 28, 2011 at about 4:12 a.m. local time, the airplane, en route from Seoul Incheon International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport, People’s Republic of China, crashed into the East China Sea about 70 miles west of Jeju Island, South Korea, after the flight crew reportedly declared an emergency due to an in-flight fire. The two pilots are believed to have been killed.
The NTSB has designated air safety investigator John Lovell as the traveling U.S. Accredited Representative. Mr. Lovell will be assisted by an NTSB Operational Factors investigator and advisors from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
and Boeing.The investigation is being conducted by the Korea Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board (ARAIB), which will release all information. The ARAIB phone number is: +82-2-6096-1030 / Fax: +82-2-6090-1031 and its email address is: webmaster@araib.go.kr.
Superjumbo: How big is too big?
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Contact Photographer hummelfXHaneda Airport does not normally accommodate the SuperJumbo because of the effect on other flights.
For the first time, the superjumbo Airbus A380, flew from France to Tokyo’s Haneda airport to check, among other things, if the airport’s passenger boarding bridges fit the double-decker wide-body plane’s doors.
Other Superjumbo problems? Some reasons why they do not and can not land at all airports-
—Being too big for the runway
—Generating wake turbulence that requires following planes to delay longer to avoid disruption and tarmac gridlock
— Requiring taxiways to be shut when it arrives or departs
— Requiring an official escort whenever it taxisHopefully we will be hearing about how the Superjumbo fared at Haneda today.
