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COVID test kits delayed as Chinese cargo jet skids off runway at ORD
2022-01-30
[MAIL] Video has emerged of the terrifying moment a large cargo jet skid off the runway and crashed into cargo bins at Chicago's O'Hare Airport as a storm began pummeling the Northeast and New England, grounding thousands of flights and creating extreme hazards for road travel.

The shocking video, captured by CCTV at the O'Hare Airport on Saturday, shows the China Airlines Cargo 747 sliding on the snow covered ground as it loses control and swerves into cargo on the runway.

One of the cargo bins can be seen getting sucked into the left engine. It's immediately shredded into pieces and damages the engine, which erupts into smoke.

The plane is shaken by the crash and finally comes to a halt.

The Chicago Fire Department responded to the scene, and no injuries were reported.

On Saturday morning, snow was falling furiously at a rate of one to two inches per hour in New York City, which was saw eight inches, with up to 18 inches expected on the eastern end of Long Island.
Posted by:Besoeker

#6  A paranoid, suspicious person would think sabotage.
Posted by: SteveS   2022-01-30 23:06  

#5  Going way too fast for being “disoriented”.
Posted by: KBK   2022-01-30 22:53  

#4  CCP made test kits made in CCP LAB's in towns the CCP will not even provide real C-19 infection data?

Will the test kits be QA/QC by a trusted collection independent US LAB's? To make sure the CCP only Mmade them to test for c-19 and nothing eles.
Posted by: NN2N1   2022-01-30 18:24  

#3  #2 Covid home test kits need to be kept above freezing. Are they transported In heated holds? Are they being stored in heated warehouses?
Posted by: trailing wife 2022-01-30 09:52


Ma'am,

My understanding is that dedicated cargo aircraft (which I understand this one to be) have heated and non heated holds. In theory, the ground crews on the starting end should have known where to put what...though I'm not hopeful.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2022-01-30 11:23  

#2  Covid home test kits need to be kept above freezing. Are they transported In heated holds? Are they being stored in heated warehouses?
Posted by: trailing wife   2022-01-30 09:52  

#1  Saw the video and while I don’t agree with the term ‘skidding,’ I would say that the heavy snowfall likely caused the crew to become disoriented and took a couple of wrong turns, as confirmed by ground track radar.
The vision of those bins getting sucked into and through the engines was pretty wild. Amazing no one was hurt by all that shrapnel.
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2022-01-30 08:42  

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