Saturday Logbook 11/28: Saudi Arabian 777 Performs Fuel Dump During Emergency Return to JFK and More
Saudi Arabian Airlines 777-200ER, reg: HZ-AKD, dumps fuel over the Atlantic south of Long Island. (Photo by Mark Hsiung) +++CLICK PHOTO FOR MORE PICS+++
>>>UPDATE 12/1: New Photos: Abdul was on board the injured Saudi 777 and posted some photos from the window! Scroll down to the comments to see them.
• A Saudi Arabian Airlines 777-200ER (reg: HZ-AKD) suffered a problem with its left landing gear after taking off from JFK Saturday afternoon, declared an emergency and returned for a safe landing after dumping fuel. [NYCAviation Forums]
• Two doors fell off a JFK Airport AirTrain early Friday morning, possibly due to a technician failing to screw them on during maintenance. No passengers were on board at the time. [Gothamist]
• Not even a week after entering service, Air France’s brand new A380 had to turn back to New York last night after the autopilot failed. [AvHerald]
• Is this photo of a SATA A310 nearly biting it the sickest aviation pic of the year, if not all time? [Airliners.net]
• Wing load testing of the 787 may have begun. [FlightBlogger]
• Do you collect or build aircraft models? Tell us about it. [NYCAviation Forums]
Comment by abdul on 1 December 2009:
Hello evryone,
I was there
see this please:
[img]http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/9615/dsc04893999...
[img]http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/1577/dsc048969...
[img]http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/9094/dsc04895999...
[img]http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/126/dsc0489499.j...
Best regards,
Comment by David Parker Brown on 1 December 2009:
Wow GREAT pics Abdul! I have never seen a fuel dump from the inside. What did it sound like?
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Comment by Mikey on 2 January 2010:
Notice in the second photo how the left main gear is forward end down. Obvious problem. Left main should look like the right main.
Comment by UK Airport Person on 11 May 2010:
Whoa, the SATA picture above wasn't what I was expecting. If you haven't seen it, you should take a look !