Asiana Cargo 747 crashed off Jeju Island

[gvbeek]

Korean news agency is reporting that Asiana Cargo Flight OZ991 has gone missing and launched search operations.
Flightglobal states the aircraft as B747-48E(FSCD) HL7604, c/n 1370, msn 29907.

[Nozem]

the airliners forum link:

http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forum ... n/5214793/

[air-bus]

According to Avherald, the crew reported that the cargo caught fire.
They were carrying 0.4 tons of hazardous materials.

Source: http://avherald.com/h?article=44062b99&opt=0

Sad news.

Arno

[streep]

Avherald now reports cargo included Lithium batteries.
These were blamed in the recent UPS 747 crash in Dubai.

[Jaap]

In 2009 FedEx had more luck with those great batteries.

An improperly labeled fiberboard box containing 33 lithium battery-powered electronic devices has landed the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in hot water with the US Federal Aviation Administration, and highlights the ongoing risk of shipping the batteries on cargo aircraft.

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"The package was discovered with smoke and flames coming from it while it was moving on a conveyor at the FedEx sorting facility in Medford, Massachusetts," the FAA says in a 2 September release.

"Two of the devices in the package heated and melted, which caused the surrounding cushioning and packaging to catch fire," the FAA continued. "Because the package was not properly labeled and marked, Federal Express employees did not know the shipment contained hazardous material. They made several unsuccessful attempts to extinguish the flames with a fire extinguisher."

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/20 ... error.html