The network published photos of the damaged plane in a grassy field, surrounded by fire-retardant foam, on X. According to the photos, an engine appeared to have failed and a wing was also damaged. The ASN is part of the Flight Safety Foundation, a nonprofit group that aims to promote safe air travel and tracks accidents.
Third accident in a week
It was the third crash involving a Boeing plane this week. Also on Thursday, 190 people were safely evacuated from a plane in Turkey following one of its tires burst during landing at a southern airport, Turkey’s transport ministry said.
The company has been under intense pressure since a door seal failed on a Boeing 737 Max during an Alaska Airlines flight in January. The Federal Aviation Administration in February gave Boeing 90 days to come up with a plan to fix quality problems and meet safety standards for building the planes following the crash.
In April, a Boeing whistleblower, Sam Salehpour had testified in a congressional hearing that the company had taken manufacturing shortcuts to produce the 787s as quickly as possible, which might have led to structural strength problems in the airliners.
Suspicious odor on board, 747-8 from Frankfurt to Chicago forced to turn back
Late Thursday followingnoon, there were anxious moments for 320 passengers and 19 crew members aboard Flight LH430 from Frankfurt to Chicago. The aircraft, a Boeing 747-8, had to make a turn over the Atlantic due to an emergency linked to the presence of a suspicious odor on board, Bild reports. The nine-year-old Boeing 747-8, christened ‘Nordrhein-Westfalen’, took off from Frankfurt am Main at 12.00 this morning with a 70 minute delay, bound for Chicago (USA). Estimated flight duration: approximately 8 hours and 20 minutes. However, according to passengers, a unknown and unpleasant odor it developed aboard the 747-8 following approximately 90 minutes of flight. By then, the plane had already left Ireland behind and was flying over the Atlantic. Around 2pm German time, the pilots decided to interrupt the flight to the United States and back to Frankfurt am Main. Passengers were informed over onboard loudspeakers that they would not reach their destination as planned. According to passengers, the plane was also carrying a bone marrow donation for a patient in the United States. At the moment, it is unclear whether the donation can be saved. At 4.24pm the jumbo landed safely in Frankfurt. Passengers were able to leave the plane through the normal doors.
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2024-05-09 17:47:42
