Air Niugini up the creek

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An Air Niugini ATR-42 freighter overran the runway at MAG yesterday after rejecting takeoff due to an engine fire.

Accident: Niugini AT42 at Madang on Oct 19th 2013, overran runway on rejected takeoff

Nice pic of the ATR-42 up the creek without a paddle at the end of MAG's runway. Looks like the crew found the hatch in the roof pretty useful...

Cheers skip.

 

[samh004]

Wow... would have been a scary escape for the crew, out the hatch to see that much fire, that close, and then (as someone points out on AVHerald) to swim through a river probably infested with crocodiles... and now a slick of fuel too!

 

[puppysparkes]

An Air Niugini ATR-42 freighter overran the runway at MAG yesterday after rejecting takeoff due to an engine fire.

Accident: Niugini AT42 at Madang on Oct 19th 2013, overran runway on rejected takeoff

Nice pic of the ATR-42 up the creek without a paddle at the end of MAG's runway. Looks like the crew found the hatch in the roof pretty useful...

Cheers skip.

ATC has a contingency plan for these events. Thankfully it's not deep water but still an unwanted experience. The last one happened in ?2009 where an F28 ended up in the drink. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEvOlOI5Cps&sns=em
There are a few photos floating around of the frame being loaded on to a ship (no pun intended).

 

[highflyingkiwi]

An Air Niugini ATR-42 freighter overran the runway at MAG yesterday after rejecting takeoff due to an engine fire.

Accident: Niugini AT42 at Madang on Oct 19th 2013, overran runway on rejected takeoff

Nice pic of the ATR-42 up the creek without a paddle at the end of MAG's runway. Looks like the crew found the hatch in the roof pretty useful...

Cheers skip.

So did the locals

It was full of British American Tobacco products, that were looted by local settlers, today's paper asked people to stop looting crashed planes - lol

 

[mono88]

BAT has a factory in Madang so the locals are very used to cigarettes.

These runway overshoots are relatively common in Madang.
They tend to leave the plane there for a long time but usually there is little disruption to flights.

 

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... British American Tobacco products, ... looted by local settlers, today's paper asked people to stop looting crashed planes - lol

LOL That is such a PNG story