Air Inuit recently took re-delivery of a Dash8-300 aircraft, after it got a big cargo door – that replaced a pre-existing cargo door! But why? It is a rare but recurring topic in aviation. Why do some really old aircraft remain in service? We know that cost is often a...
Nearly three months after its main cargo door flew open in flight, a DHL 757 freighter flew again yesterday! But it’s not going back to service yet. The incident happened on the 13th of February this year. A DHL Boeing 757 freighter had just taken off from 26L in...
A freighter door opening in flight is rare, but not unheard of. We’re going to look at an older case, and what happened to that 757 afterwards! Last Saturday we saw a DHL 757 freighter, whose main cargo door opened shortly after takeoff. The crew made an expedited...
Early on Saturday morning, a DHL Boeing 757 Freighter made an emergency landing back at its origin airport, after its main cargo door opened in flight. The incident happened in Leipzig Halle Airport (EDDP), in Germany. The aircraft, a DHL Air Boeing 757-236PCF...
Why don’t aircraft manufacturers make dedicated, 747 replacement aircraft, with a front or rear loading door for cargo operations? Well, they sort of do, but… it’s complicated. In recent articles, we mentioned how vital some cargo aircraft are, for ‘outsize’ cargo...
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