A Boeing 727 collides with another plane

A Boeing 727 plane crashed on Sunday while landing at Malakal Airport in South Sudan. The plane then collided with another plane that had crashed there a month earlier.

The Boeing 727-200, registered 5Y-IRE, was on a Safe Air cargo flight. 'Cargo plane.' has crashed At our airport at 11am. This plane landed a few meters from the runway, causing its undercarriage to collapse. The acting director general of the airport said in a statement that the plane lost control and collided with another plane that had crashed earlier.

The 727 eventually collided with an African Express MD-82. That machine, registered 5Y-AXL, landed February At the same airport also in front of the runway, causing the undercarriage to fail. After the accident, the plane was withdrawn from the runway and stored elsewhere at the airport. All passengers were unharmed in both accidents. Both the 727 and MD-82 were damaged beyond repair.

Schiphol

It is rare for planes to land “too early.” In some cases, the devices appear almost intact. For example, a Delta Air Lines Airbus A330 landed at Schiphol Airport last year in the unpaved section in front of Ostbaan Airport. The machine collided with two runway lights, but was able to move normally to the gate after landing. The plane's crew and passengers were not harmed. The A330 departed back to the United States after careful inspection.

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