Moment of the incident, in scenes from the video shown below Editing: AEROIN
A problem with the landing gear of a Boeing 747 this Sunday, May 14 afternoon resulted in the loss of an entire set of four wheels upon landing at the airport of origin.
According to the video below, due to the problem with the plane, emergency teams waited at the edge of the runway and recorded the moment. The big jumbo jet has landed and right at the moment of landing you can notice something strange about one of the central wheelsets. Moments later, you can see the entire set flying at high altitude over the runway:
The aircraft shown in the above scenes is a Boeing 747400F (Freighter) registration LXOCV operated by Cargolux airline. For information, to get an idea of the size of the set, a single tire a Boeing 747 is approx 1.30 meters in diameter.
The jumbo had left Luxembourg at 4:00 p.m. this Sunday on flight CV6857 bound for Chicago in the United States, but data from online flighttracking platforms shows the plane completed an orbit and then took off a few minutes and then began the return journey to Luxembourg Airport.
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The landing took place at 17:00 local time (14:00 GMT) and Luxembourg Airport remains closed until 18:40 at the time of writing this article as it has only one runway.
The latest update from the airport administration, released minutes before this article was published, reads as follows: “The runway at Luxembourg Airport is still closed. Our joint teams are working to clear the runway. Planned arrivals are diverted, departures are delayed or cancelled. Please check with your airline for current flight status and other travel arrangements. Our next update will come as soon as we have more news on the status of the track.”
Preliminary information suggests that the landing would have been made with a weight in excess of the Boeing 747400F’s maximum weight limit, which may indicate that there was an important issue that prompted the pilots to decide to land immediately, instead of waiting for a reduction in fuel level for a lighter weight.
However, the information is still preliminary. AEROIN will provide updates as more details become known.