Re: Crew Stranded After Cargo Plane Falls On Its Tail

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...they should have told all 10 crewmembers to go as
far forward and start jumping up and down!

--- Leo Futia <LFutia@aol.com> wrote:
>  Jan 9, 2002 A Korean Air MD11 cargo plane fell back
> on its tail while being
> unloaded yesterday at Sydney Airport in Australia,
> trapping 10 crew members
> onboard. No one was injured.The accident left the
> nose of the jet tilted
> skywards.Police spokesman Ron Mason said the
> incident happened shortly after
> the jet arrived in Sydney from Seoul.The plane
> tilted after a car being
> unloaded from the cargo hold dropped several yards
> to the ground, shifting
> the aircraft's balance, Mason said.Emergency
> services crews rushed to the
> scene to rescue the crew members onboard. It took
> over an hour for a moveable
> elevator to get them to the ground, he said.Airport
> staff said baggage
> handlers with Qantas Airways were responsible for
> unloading the plane, which
> also had chemicals onboard. A Qantas spokeswoman
> said they were working under
> direction from a Korean Air load master.
>
>
>
> Leo/ORD


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