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PICS: Merpati hard landing, both engines smashed on runway..

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KUPANG, Indonesia— A plane carrying 46 passengers and crew landed so hard in eastern Indonesia that both engines smashed into the runway. An airport official said some passengers were hurt but no fatalities were reported.

The plane is operated by state-run Merpati Nusantara Airlines.
Airport authority head Imam Pramono says the Chinese-made Xian MA60 twin turboprop aircraft landed hard Monday at El Tari airport in East Nusa Tenggara capital of Kupang.

The airport will be closed until the plane can be removed.
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Re: PICS: Merpati hard landing, both engines smashed on runw

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This MA-60 is the third out of 14 acquired by Merpati to be written-off?.
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Re: PICS: Merpati hard landing, both engines smashed on runw

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Remarkable that the wing is still in one piece, the landing gear is still good'', but the entire wing is separated from the fuselage.
Anyone care to explain this???
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Re: PICS: Merpati hard landing, both engines smashed on runw

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the landing gear looks good? Check the last picture.. the wing tilted and the fuselage broke in two pieces, typical case of deception of the eye ;)
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Re: PICS: Merpati hard landing, both engines smashed on runw

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Remarkable that the wing is still in one piece, the landing gear is still good'', but the entire wing is separated from the fuselage.
Anyone care to explain this???
With most high wing aircraft such as the MA-60 and for example the F50 the wing is only attached with 3 or 4 Bolts. with the forward bolts taking the most load normally, when the aircraft makes a hard landing the load on the aft bolts is the highest (because landing gear is on the aft side of the wing), and when this is higher than allowed the bolts will shear (or in this case probably the complete back mounting) bur the forward bolts are still intact therefore the wing is still intact but rotated forward thus smashing also the engines on the ground.

Hopefully this explains it a little bit
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Re: PICS: Merpati hard landing, both engines smashed on runw

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planecrazy wrote:Hopefully this explains it a little bit
Thanks for the explanation. I'm just surprised that there is no carrying through construction and only four bolts...
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