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An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-800, registration N516AS performing flight AS-1288 from Seattle,WA to Santa Ana,CA (USA), landed on Santa Ana's runway 20R at 23:14L (06:14Z Aug 21st) but touched down hard causing the left main gear strut being punched through the left wing. The aircraft came to a stop on the runway and was disabled. There were no injuries, the aircraft sustained substantial damage however.

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The flight crew reported that the first officer (FO) was the pilot flying and the captain was the pilot monitoring. The departure from EWR and the cruise segment of the flight were uneventful. Upon arrival at IAH, they were cleared for the DOOBI2 arrival and the ILS 26L approach. According to the flight crew, the airplane was fully configured for landing, on speed and in compliance with the company’s stable approach criteria and the initial touchdown on the main wheels was normal. The FO stated that after the main landing gear touched down, he held aft pressure on the control yoke to keep the nose wheel from hitting the runway; however, the nose wheel made contact with abnormal force. The airplane appeared to bounce, and he reacted by pulling aft on the control yoke, in an effort to keep the nose wheel from impacting the runway a second time. Subsequently, the speed brakes deployed, and the auto brakes engaged which resulted in a second bounce of the nose wheel. He deployed the thrust reversers, and the airplane began to decelerate. The captain assumed control of the airplane and the remainder of the landing rollout was normal with no risk of runway overrun or excursion.

A preliminary review of the flight data recorder (FDR) revealed that after the initial touchdown on both main wheels, the airplane rolled to the left and right main gear lifted off the runway’s surface. Subsequently, the nose wheel touched down with a gravitational force equivalent (g) of about 1.4 g and bounced. The speed brakes deployed, and the nose wheel impacted the runway a second time with a force of about 1.6 g followed by another bounce. The right thrust reverser (TR) deployed, and the nose wheel impacted the runway again with a force of about 1.6 g followed by the deployment of the left TR.

A postaccident examination of the airplane revealed substantial damage to the crown of the upper fuselage.

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757's are out of production for a while now, but there are still a lot of them operating. Jet2 is currently operating the oldest passenger 757. Originally delivered in November '87 to China Southern and bought by Jet2 in 2006. As of today, the frame is still operating for Jet2.

A Westjet 737 (C-FWSI) collided this week with a C130 at Comox Airport, Canada. The flight was operated from Comox to Edmonton and was cancelled.

Fenix A320 has announced version V2 of their A320. The V2 update is divided into two blocks. Block 1 has released today and includes mostly under the hood improvements to systems, displays, aircraft behaviour and some small improments in the EFB. Block 1 is promised to bring major FPS improvements.

Block 2 is scheduled to launch in September. This will include the IAE variant, updated model and improvements to the current CFM model.

Cathay Pacific A350 makes a very hard, high pitch landing at London Heathrow.

A Volaris Airbus A321-200N, registration XA-VSC performing flight Y4-488 from Tijuana to Guadalajara (Mexico), landed on Guadalajara's runway 11 at 11:52L (17:52Z) but touched down hard and suffered a tail strike. The aircraft rolled out without further incident. There were no injuries, the aircraft suffered substantial damage.

Mexico's DAAIA (Direccion de Analisis de Accidentes e Incidentes de Aviacion) reported the aircraft XA-VSC suffered a hard landing at Guadalajara, but attributed the aircraft to Viva Aerobus instead of Volaris. The DAAIA quoted the captain of the flight stating: "We were on an ILS approach. The first officer was flying the aircraft, the approach was carried out in a normal way. On short final an instability started, the first officer decelerated the aircraft completely, the aircraft went down, I didn't have time to correct, a strong impact was felt. When we arrived at the apron, we were informed that a tail strike had occurred, a report was recorded in the logbook and the company and authorities were informed." The DAAIA have opened an investigation.

The aircraft is still on the ground in Guadalajara about 72 hours after landing.

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July 24th - a Delta Airlines Boeing 767-300, registration N189DN performing flight DL-185 from Milan Malpensa (Italy) to New York JFK,NY (USA), was climbing out of Malpensa's runway 35R when the aircraft encountered severe turbulence and hail prompting the crew to declare emergency reporting severe turbulence, hail and a cracked windshield. The crew stopped the climb at FL230 and diverted to Rome Fiumicino (Italy) where the aircraft landed on runway 16R without further incident about 65 minutes after departure. There were no injuries, the aircraft sustained substantial damage including punctures of the right hand wing, punctures of both engine spinners, damage to both engines' fan blades, punctured radome, and dents along the leading edges of the wings.

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White Elephants are frequently seen in cases involving bridges, and Belgium has quite a few examples. This particular bridge in Belgium serves as an illustration of a White Elephant.

A new bypass road was planned by the city and the government of Wallonia. While planning this bypass, this bridge was already constructed in a farmers field over a low-used agricultural road. This occurred even though the route of the bypass had not been established, and the funding had not yet been secured.

As time went on, a change in the City Council's leadership and objections from the farming community led to the project being put on hold and eventually scrapped altogether. Today, the bridge stands as the solitary relic of the abandoned bypass plan.

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White Elephants are frequently seen in cases involving bridges, and Belgium has quite a few examples. This particular bridge in Belgium serves as an illustration of a White Elephant.

A new bypass road was planned by the city and the government of Wallonia. While planning this bypass, this bridge was already constructed in a farmers field over a low-used agricultural road. This occurred even though the route of the bypass had not been established, and the funding had not yet been secured.

As time went on, a change in the City Council's leadership and objections from the farming community led to the project being put on hold and eventually scrapped altogether. Today, the bridge stands as the solitary relic of the abandoned bypass plan.

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A Kalitta Boeing 747-400 freighter, registration N401KZ performing flight K4-968 from Anchorage,AK (USA) to Ningbo (China), landed on Ningbo's runway 31 but veered right off the runway and came to a stop with all gear on soft surface about 32 meters off the right hand runway egde about 2200 meters/7200 feet down the runway at about 15:18L (07:18Z). There were no injuries, the aircraft sustained minor if any damage.

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A nuclear power plant was built in Kalkar, Germany, and was completely constructed, ready to accept nuclear fuel. However, the project was put on hold and later canceled.

Background

The SNR-300 project began in the 1970s as a collaboration between Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands and aimed to demonstrate the viability of fast breeder reactor technology. However, due to various factors including safety concerns, cost overruns, and public opposition to nuclear energy, the project faced multiple delays and controversies. In the late 1980s, following the Chernobyl disaster and growing anti-nuclear sentiment, the governments decided to cancel the SNR-300 project.The construction of the reactor was halted, and the project was officially abandoned in the early 1990s.

Some of the structures were later demolished and equipment was either sold or destroyed. The already received nuclear fuel was transported to France, where it was used in their nuclear reactors.

Repurpose

The site where the SNR-300 was being built, was repurposed into an amusement park known as "Wunderland Kalkar." The reactor building was transformed into a hotel, and the surrounding area now hosts various attractions.