Kalitta B744 at East Midlands on Sep 30th 2021, engine malfunction on roll out
Last Update: October 1, 2021 / 09:19:21 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 30, 2021
Classification
Incident
Airline
Kalitta Air
Departure
Leipzig, Germany
Destination
East Midlands, United Kingdom
Aircraft Registration
N741CK
Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400
ICAO Type Designator
B744
Ground observer Tony Johnson reported the #3 engine obviously ingested something on landing and went bang.
The aircraft is still on the ground in East Midlands about 17 hours after landing.
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 30, 2021
Classification
Incident
Airline
Kalitta Air
Departure
Leipzig, Germany
Destination
East Midlands, United Kingdom
Aircraft Registration
N741CK
Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400
ICAO Type Designator
B744
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