May 25 2008
Boeing 747 Crashes and Breaks in Two - 4 Injured, 0 Deaths
Press Release: May 25, 2008
Michigan-owned cargo airline, Kalitta Air, had one of it’s Boeing 747 aircraft overrun the runway which caused it to crash and split in half upon take-off mid-day at Brussels Airport at Zaventem, Belgium.
Well, it’s not like we hear this one every day and thankfully so. Emergency crews were immediately dispatched but there were only slight injuries to 4 out of 5 crew members and absolutely no fires were reported. Amazing. The end of the runway is apparently close to a railway line and residential housing.
Investigators are still trying to determine why the aircraft was not able to complete its take-off procedures and then also as to what would cause the aircraft just split into two pieces upon crashing.
An official spokesman for the Brussels Airport has said that “the plane is very seriously damaged” – ahh, yeah, do ya think?!
