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Belgium, cargo airplane split in 2 while taking-off

Brussels, Belgium - No after-effects for the 5 people on board

A Boeing 747 cargo aircraft owned by American airline Kalita Air, has split in 2 while trying to take-off, yesterday afternoon, at Zavernen airport, nearby Brussels: fortunately the 5 people on board didn't get seriously injured. The aircraft, while taking off, should have overtaken the runway, before to split itself; according to the pilot, the incident has been anticipated by a large noise, but...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1090062
Rome, Italy, 05/26/2008 12:27
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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