Monday, July 11, 2011

Cargolux freighter hit by a bullet over Africa

Cargolux has grounded one of its Boeing 747-400 freighters after maintenance staff detected a bullet hole in the fuselage after it returned from a multiple-stop African service.
The aircraft was on a charter flight on 4 July from Luxembourg to Abidjan (Ivory Coast) and Accra (Ghana), prior to arriving in Abuja (Nigeria), from where it returned to Luxembourg.

“The hole was found in an unpressurised area on the left side near the rear of the plane and did not endanger the safety of the crew at any time,” said Cargolux.

It has filed a police report and informed aviation authority Direction de l’aviation civile, Luxembourg - DACL of the incident. The forensic division of the Luxembourg police is also investigating the incident.

While it determined that the hole “was caused by a bullet”, it said there was “no evidence that the aircraft was targeted”, but said that it “cannot be ruled out.”

The carrier is Europe’s largest cargo-only airline and operates a fleet of sixteen B747-400 freighters.




Source:  IFW

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