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Old 12th November 2016, 11:57 AM
Greg Hyde Greg Hyde is offline
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Default Another ex.QF Freighter Accident

AerCaribe B734 at Bogota on Nov 9th 2016, structural main gear failures on landing

The aircraft was ex: Australian/Qantas B734 VH-TJF

An AerCaribe Boeing 737-400 freighter, registration HK-5139 performing a freight flight from Leticia to Bogota (Colombia), landed on Bogota's runway 13R at about 00:20L (05:20Z) but suffered structural damage to both main gear struts causing all main gear wheels rotate out of movement direction, the right hand wheels also damaged the runway surface and the right hand tyres burst.

Full story and pictures

http://avherald.com/h?article=4a083b07&opt=0

thanks for the tipoff Neil
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