| Operator Nationality: |
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| Operator: |
Lufthansa Cargo |
| Occurrence Date: |
27-jul-10 |
| Status: |
Preliminary - official |
| Time: |
11:38 |
| Aircraft Type: |
McDonnell Douglas MD-11F |
| Aircraft Manufacturer: |
Boeing Commercial Airplanes (McDonnell Douglas) |
| Registration: |
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| Operator Nationality: |
Germany |
| Construction Number: |
48431/534 |
| First Flight: |
1993 |
| Crew Occupants: |
2 |
| Passengers Occupants: |
0 |
| Total Occupants |
2 |
| Crew Fatalities: |
0 |
| Passengers Fatalities: |
0 |
| Total Fatalities: |
0 |
| Airplane Damage: |
Destroyed |
| Airplane Fate: |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Occurrence Country: |
Saudi Arabia |
| Occurrence Location: |
Riyadh-King Khalid International Airport (RUH) |
| Occurrence Phase: |
Landing (LDG) |
| Flight Nature: |
Cargo |
| Departure Airport: |
Frankfurt International Airport (FRA) (FRA/EDDF) |
| Departure Airport-location: |
Germany |
| Destination Airport: |
Riyadh-King Khalid International Airport (RUH) (RUH/OERK) |
| Destination Airport-location:
| Saudi Arabia |
| Narrative: |
A Lufthansa Cargo MD-11F cargo plane was destroyed when it crashed on landing at Riyadh-King Khaled International Airport (RUH), Saudi Arabia. Both crew members survived the accident.
The airplane operated on Flight LH8460, a scheduled cargo service operating from Frankfurt to Riyadh. It carried 80 tons of cargo.
The airplane bounced while landing on runway 33L, a 13,796 ft long, asphalt runway. The deceleration forces during the first touchdown was 2g. The airplane touched down a second (3 g) and third time (4,3g). The rear fuselage separated from the plane during the final touchdown and the airplane skidded off the left side of the runway 2400 metres past the first touchdown. It came to rest in the sand 375 m further on and caught fire.
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