A300 freighter badly damaged in Afghan landing

[AirtrafficController]

Turkish cargo carrier ACT Airlines is investigating a landing accident at Bagram, Afghanistan, in which one of its Airbus A300B4 freighters suffered substantial damage.
None of the five crew members on the aircraft, which was ferrying freight from Bahrain, was injured.
ACT Airlines has identifed the twin-jet involved as bearing registration TC-ACB.
The accident occurred at 12:10 today. The aircraft has come to a halt with its left wing and rear fuselage in contact with the ground. Its left-hand General Electric CF6 powerplant has been badly damaged.

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[hiss srq]

Gear collapse?...... Hard landing?.......... Looks painful....... Break out the scrap torch!

[NLovis]

Gear collapse?...... Hard landing?.......... Looks painful....... Break out the scrap torch!
Gear collapse. You see that alot with these busses. Scrap torch lit and ready.

[moose135]

That will buff right out. :D

[NLovis]

That will buff right out. :D
too late the tourch is lit :twisted:

[Mayi757]

Why did it have to happen to a nicely painted A300 which is a rarity nowadays :x :x :x :x :x

Wanna have fun with a torch? Torch all the A319s, A320s, A330-200s and A340NGs 8)

[NLovis]

Why did it have to happen to a nicely painted A300 which is a rarity nowadays :x :x :x :x :x

Wanna have fun with a torch? Torch all the A319s, A320s, A330-200s and A340NGs 8)
Eh i'll touch every airbus i see. None of them are all that good. :twisted:

[Nick]

Nice, I remember that plane coming in and out. There's only one runway at Bagram so now the supplies are gonna get backed up. A C17 landed gear up while I was there and took a few days to move.