United 747 suffers minor tail damage at HKG
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United 747 suffers minor tail damage at HKG
In Chinese: http://news.hkheadline.com/dailynews/content_hk/2013/10/08/257469.asp
The aircraft on Oct 7 at around 8:30am local time was pushed back into a building and suffering tail damage as a result. There was a pic of the tail damage on the print edition of the newspaper, but not the online edition.
I'm wondering why the aircraft was there, as it's not the one used on the SFO routes. No flight delays or cancellation as a result.
The aircraft on Oct 7 at around 8:30am local time was pushed back into a building and suffering tail damage as a result. There was a pic of the tail damage on the print edition of the newspaper, but not the online edition.
I'm wondering why the aircraft was there, as it's not the one used on the SFO routes. No flight delays or cancellation as a result.
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Flying through HKG a few times the last couple of weeks I noticed a lot of aircraft (very congested) over at HAECO and a few UA planes (2 747's and a 777), so I am not surprised this could happen.
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You can fly a plane unpressurized, but it's much harder to fly a plane without hydraulics (I think a DHL plane in Iraq was the only jumbo jet to do it successfully). All this to say that it's a fair statement to be worried about an improperly done repair causing problems later. But, I would really hope lessons have been learned and repair procedures are much better now.