Freight Boeing 747 Crash After Take-Off in Brussels
A freighter Boeing 747 crashed today on the runway, while taking-off from Brussels airport. The accident took place at 13:30 (local time), as the JumboJet was taking-off from runway 20. Some media reported this runway as “the shorter of the three at Brussels”. It’s technically true, but this runway is nearly 3 kilomters long…
Reports mention four or five crew members, which all survived. The 747 (registered N704CK) was operated by Kalitta Air. Many pictures are available here. Hopefully no fire developed, but firemen “splashed” the aircraft anyway as a preventive measure.
Some debates were already going on about new traffic repartition around Brussels airport. As there are several populated areas around the airport, this will certainly revive the debate. But one more time, the crash occured on the southbound runway.
As always under such circumstances, it’s way too early to draw any conclusion. The investigation team is at work, and any “cause” you could hear now would be speculation only.
Additional Media Coverage:
RTBF (Belgian National TV - in french)
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Category: Air Accidents
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