737 hard landing at Exeter

[MartG]

737 carrying mail suffered a hard landing at Exeter and is extensively damaged - pics in attached article

https://samchui.com/2021/01/19/west-atlantic-boein...

I suspect it's not economically viable to repair that much structural damage

Edit to add pic of the snapped beam - it's well fked ! The red arrows point to the two ends where it has snapped

Edited by MartG on Wednesday 20th January 10:19

[Mr Pointy]

I think that's exploring the outer edge of the definition of a landing.

[AlexIT]

"Hard Landing" sounds a bit of an understatment

Edited by AlexIT on Wednesday 20th January 11:10

[Eric Mc]

AlexIT said:

https://avherald.com/h?article=4e1e21a4&opt=0

"Hard Landing" sounds a bit of an understatment

I had already deleted my post because I realised there was a link.

[AlexIT]

Eric Mc said:

I had already deleted my post because I realised there was a link.

oups...

[Seight_Returns]

I wasn't aware that the Royal Mail routinely used air freight for domestic mail distribution.

Seems an insanely expensive way of getting letters and parcels from Birmingham to Exeter when road and rail are available.

[towser44]

Seight_Returns said:

I wasn't aware that the Royal Mail routinely used air freight for domestic mail distribution.

Seems an insanely expensive way of getting letters and parcels from Birmingham to Exeter when road and rail are available.

Quite a few mail flights across the UK in the wee small hours every single day. Hammond & May raced a letter from the Scilly Isles to Shetland on Top Gear and their letter went via plane from Exeter to Aberdeen via East Midlands.

[Paul Dishman]

So that's why the post is late this morning

[essayer]

Yeah, not sure I'd be standing underneath that

[Simpo Two]

Little old lady to pilot on disembarking: 'Excuse me young man, did we land or were we shot down?'

(Airplane 2)

[magpie215]

Apparently the F/o was one week away from retirement.......not the best way to end your commercial flying career.

[dhutch]

Seight_Returns said:

I wasn't aware that the Royal Mail routinely used air freight for domestic mail distribution.

Seems an insanely expensive way of getting letters and parcels from Birmingham to Exeter when road and rail are available.

Same, but I guess Inverness to Exeter for a next day service is pushing it by road.

Daniel

[magpie215]

2 hundred..........1 hun....retard retard

[CeramicMX5ND2]

Has been written off as uneconomical to repair - Not hard to find a replacement 737..

[FourWheelDrift]

Sounds like someone "recalibrated sea level"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsiOsi_A5A0

[Gary29]

Hard landing = Mild crash

[Dr Jekyll]

Seight_Returns said:

I wasn't aware that the Royal Mail routinely used air freight for domestic mail distribution.

Seems an insanely expensive way of getting letters and parcels from Birmingham to Exeter when road and rail are available.

It's not so bad if you can reuse the aircraft afterwards.

[Krikkit]

Crikey that must've been some hit, do the AAIB get involved for things like this? Or is it purely an insurance matter?

[CAPP0]

FourWheelDrift said:

Sounds like someone "recalibrated sea level"

Or was given the wrong local pressures? Or someone mixed up the QNE/QNH? Be interesting to hear where the error lies, that looks to have been quite a thump!

[Jonny TVR]

Paul Dishman said:

So that's why the post is late this morning

Its always late!