Ariana A300 in the mud with broken tail

Adnan Anwar · Post by **Adnan Anwar** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 2:06 pm

Does anybody know how this plane ended up like that in this photo.

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1193512/L/

Abbas Ali · Post by **Abbas Ali** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 3:09 pm

The Airbus A300B4 overran the runway after landing at Istanbul Airport on March 23, 2007.

Here are photos taken soon after the accident.

Istanbul, TURKEY: Officials inspect an aircraft following an accident at the Istanbul International airport, 23 March 2007. An Airbus 300 aircraft of Ariana Afghan Airways carrying 50 people, includings crews, digressed from the runway after landing on Istanbul Ataturk International Airport. Aircraft took off from Kabul, Afghanistan, official said. AFP PHOTO/MUSTAFA OZER (Photo credit should read MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images)

Istanbul, TURKEY: Officials inspect an aircraft following an accident at the Istanbul International airport, 23 March 2007. An Airbus 300 aircraft of Ariana Afghan Airways carrying 50 people, includings crews, digressed from the runway after landing on Istanbul Ataturk International Airport. Aircraft took off from Kabul, Afghanistan, official said. AFP PHOTO/MUSTAFA OZER (Photo credit should read MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images)

More Info Here: http://aviation-safety.net/database/rec ... 20070323-1

CoyBoy · Post by **CoyBoy** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 3:09 pm

And the latest.

Photo by pilotaydin

Abbas Ali · Post by **Abbas Ali** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 3:16 pm

Turk authorities scrapped it very quickly!

ConnieMan · Post by **ConnieMan** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 1:18 pm

Why was it scrapped so rapidly

, specially at incident's site?, does anyone know the extend of damage as it didn't looked too bad in pictures right after the incident.

ConnieMan · Post by **ConnieMan** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 9:26 am

Here is why they scrapped it so quickly!!, Right main landing gear and whole right damaged badly, basically aircraft got written off almost immediately.

It had become unneeded attraction causing traffic havoc!...

FULLTHRUST · Post by **FULLTHRUST** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 2:34 pm

ConnieMan wrote:Why was it scrapped so rapidly , specially at incident's site?, does anyone know the extend of damage as it didn't looked too bad in pictures right after the incident.

A300's at this point in time are flying with cracks in their *Wing to Fuselage* frames, which encompasses Centre Fuel Tank. PIA was operating its A300's with those cracks as well. There is a limit to the lenght of the crack, I am not sure of the origin of Afghani A300. But after having undergone such stresses, the write-off option is most feasible. Eventually you get more money from insurance on these aircraft as compared to brand new.

The *KARTA DHARTA* of MNG airlines engineering is an ex-PIA chief engineer, who spend quite a few years in Line Maintenance 2 where A300's were maintained. He knew inside out about A300 conditions.

Do I have to write any more????

Abbas Ali · Post by **Abbas Ali** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 3:56 pm

The scrapped Ariana A300B4 (registration YA-BAD) was one of three ex-Air India A300s donated by the Indian government to Ariana in year 2002.

YA-BAD was built in 1982 and delivered to Air India as VT-EHN in July of 1982.

Here's link to photo of the same A300 in Air India markings.

Photo Link: http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0234159/L/

ConnieMan · Post by **ConnieMan** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 5:27 pm

Yes Abbas Bahi it was one of those 3 aircrafts, now since 2 are gone, i wonder how Ariana is doing with only one remaining A300 left in service. Other one did emergency landing late last year with nose gear malfunction and aircraft seems to veered off runway by the tie aircraft came to a stop.

I will look for that you tube video showing the landing, mind you pilot did excellent job in keeping the aircraft on runway all the way till the end part.

nopy99 · Post by **nopy99** » Sat May 12, 2007 12:39 pm

Here is another Ariana A300 landing with a nose gear failure. Pilot done well.

ConnieMan · Post by **ConnieMan** » Sat May 12, 2007 1:25 pm

nopy99 wrote:Here is another Ariana A300 landing with a nose gear failure. Pilot done well.

Yes this the incident i mentioned in my last post of this topic, Pilot sure did good job with the landing but i wonder as if this aircraft was repaired and put back into service or withdrawn form service.

Full Thrust,

Thanks for the detailed background information on the cracks of A300s, i was not aware of them, yep its best to scarp them after incidents on this nature and get the money instead of risking passengers and crews lives....