Aviation and Space

Lufthansa Cargo crashes in Riyadh

Dennis Vogt — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:49:00 GMT

According to Al-Arabia Website, a Lufthansa Cargo MD-11, D-ALCQ crash landed this morning in Riyadh. It was scheduled to fly the Route FRA-RUH-SHJ-HKG.

No casualties are reported, both pilots have been transferred with unknown injuries to the local hospitals.

No further information is currently available, this shall be the last ACARSD Message send by the airplane before it crashed:

ACARS mode: 1 Aircraft reg: D-ALCQ [McDonnell Douglas MD11]
Message label: ** Block id: @ Msg no: 6e4f
Flight id: LH8460 [FRA-RUH-SHJ-HKG] [Lufthansa]
Message content:-
SBS-1 Callsign: GEC8460
----------------------------------------------------------[ 27/07/2010 05:51 ]-

The weather report does nto show any specialties in Riyadh at the time of the crash:

OERK 270900Z 32014KT CAVOK 40/05 Q1006 NOSIG

The current NOTAM for Riyadh Airport:

A0703/10 NOTAMN
Q) OEJD/QMRLC/IV/NBO/A /000/999/2457N04642E005
A) OERK B) 1007240300 C) 1008051400
E) PRIMARY RWY 15L/33R CLSD FOR MAINT.
CREATED: 19 Jul 2010 06:54:00
SOURCE: OEJDYNYX

Goodbye D-ALCQ:

Update 27072010, 1312 CEST:

on the airliners.net phot a member reports that the crew shall have decalred emergency prior to landing due to a fire in the cargo hold, which is currently not fully confirmed.

Amsterdam Spotter, 21st and 23rd July 2010

Dennis Vogt — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:03:00 GMT

Es ist langsam Urlaubszeit und unser Junior ist in den Ferien bei Oma & Opa, also mal am abend zum Flughafen, eine kleine Auswahl der letzten Tage:

It is slowly getting vacation time and junior is already on vacation with grandma & grandpa, so I took the chance and went to the airport, here is the choice of the last few days:

23.07.2010:

OE-LVO

CS-TPF

SE-RJA, Subcharter fuer Norwegian

LN-DYC

PH-AAY, hier auch, schon zwei Jahre amPlatz aber nun erst vor die Optik bekommen :roll:

21.07.2010:

F-GTAM, meine erste "neue" AF

"Mega Ark" 9V-SFN bei einsetzendem Abendlicht, Campingstuhl und Kuehlbox an der Polder.... Mit Auto ist so vieles bequemer :D :D

F-GRGP, da hat die Crew den ERJ fast mit einer F16 verwechselt, so lange war das Bugrad oben......

CS-TTO

PH-BVB, waere ich da mal noch die 250 Meter gegangen......... [:'(]

A short visit from Toulouse

Dennis Vogt — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:51:00 GMT

Was awarded today to my "Homebase" Schiphol by the F-WWDD of Airbus Industries, the MSN 004 or also named Airbus 380-800

Of course I had to work and we had a release, so I saw my things already go over the day, luckily the release went relatively smooth and with no disruppption, so that I could have afforded to go to Schiphol myself after my wife and son (need word for such goodness) have tried to get the "Whale Jet" in the morning from the Panorama Terrace, which was fully cramped.

Luckily I made it to the departure of this monster on time, the 2nd time for Jr. Vogt to go to the airport today, but he was not really sad about it.

I have more shots, but will need to take me some time to postprocess them in the next days, so these are my two currently best shots, Good-Bye "Whale Jet" hope to see you regularly soon!

Amsterdam Spotter, 11th of July 2010

Dennis Vogt — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 09:41:00 GMT

F-GMLK, McDonnell Douglas MD-83, Blue Line

All these pictures have been taken @ the Buitenveldertbaan on 11th of July in the afternoon, enjoy and feedback is appreciated:

Alitalia, EI-DTJ, Airbus 320-200

CSA Czech Airlines, OK-LEF, Airbus 320-200

Sunexpress, Boeing 737-800(W), TC-SUL

China Southern Airlines, Boeing 777-200, B-2062

Iberia, Airbus 321-200; EC-HUH

TAP Air Portugal, Airbus 319-100; CS-TTC

Sunexpress, Boeing 737-800(W), TC-SUY

Easyjet (UK), G-EZMC; Airbus 319-100

Finnair, Airbus 320-200, OH-LXK

Lufthansa, Airbus 320-200, D-AIZF

Jade Cargo, Boeing 747-400, B-2423

Easyjet (UK), Airbus 319-100, G-EZBH

British Airways, Boeing 737-400, G-GBTA

Air France, Airbus 321-100

Easyjet, Airbus 319-100, G-EZIW

Alitalia, Airbus 320-200, I-BIKU

Great Wall Airlines, Boeing 747-400, B-2428

Turkish Airlines, Boeing 737-800(W), TC-JFF

Amsterdam Spotter, 9th of July 2010

Dennis Vogt — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:31:00 GMT

Hello to all, we could not have avoided the nice and very hot weather so we have been to Schiphol once again. The Polderbaan Spot was hot hotter and hottest, but the light also was quite delicious, so here are my pictures of the 9th of July 2010 taken @ Polderbaan:

D-ACPH; Lufthansa Cityline Regionaljet 700

G-BVKD, bmi.Baby, Boeing 737-500

G-CELG; Jet2.com; Boeing 737-300

EC-JDM, Iberia, Airbus 321-200

EI-EJU; Avro Regionaljet 85; Cityjet

D-AIQS; Lufthansa; Airbus 320-200

OY-LXK; Airbus 320-200; Finnair

G-HCSA; Cessna Citation Jet 2; Bookajet Aircraft Management Ltd.

AP-BEU; Pakistan International Airways, Airbus 310-300

N739MA, Arke Fly (operated by Miami Air); Boeing 737-800(W)

EI-DTF; Alitalia; Airbus 320-200

PH-BFC; KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Boeing 747-400

Polderspotten im Juni 2010 || Polder Spotting in June 2010

Dennis Vogt — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 10:01:00 GMT

Da Jennifer am Sonntag wieder einmal arbeiten musste, haben Jan-Luca und ich uns mit unserem (noch) neuen Spottingmobil auf den Weg zur Polderbaan gemacht um mal wieder ein paar Bilder zu machen und Jan-Luca muede fuers Bettchen zu bekommen (welches leider zu effektiv war, ich musste ihn dann schon im Auto wachhalten damit er nicht einschlaeft...), Jan_luca hatte sein Fahrrad mit und Papa woillte nicht nur Flugzeuge Spotten, sondern auch noch ühber sein UMTS Handy und Jennifers Netbook Fussball schauen, wir trafen dann ein paar weitere Deutsche die sich dann ebenfalls um unser gut getarntes Auto scharten um dem Live stream in den kurzen Flugpausen zu folgen, wir hatten also unser eigenen kleine Public Viewing am FLughafen :

As Jennifer had to work this Sunday afternoon, I packed myself and Jan-Luca, his bike, my camera and my mobile and laptop not only to watch airplanes, it was also time for the Germany match vs England, at the Polderbaan Spotting location we finally met some more Germans and so we ended up in watching the internet stream via my 3G mobile on my cars roof besides Airplane Spotting.

D-AVRG, Avro Regionaljet 100, Lufthansa Cityline

EC-IEF; Iberia, A320-200

EC-JST, Vueling, A320-200

EI-DSB; A320-200; Air One

EP-IBB; A300-600(R); Iran Air

G-BVKD, B737-500; bmi.Baby

G-ECOH Bombardier Dash 8-Q400

HA-LOJ; Malev Hungarian Airlines, Boeing 737-500

OE-LVE, Fokker 100, Austrian Arrows (Tyrolean Airways)

Weitere Bilder gibt es in den Fotogallerien: Amsterdam Spotter

Luchtmachtdagen Gilze-Rijen 2010

Dennis Vogt — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 07:23:00 GMT

An diesem Wochenende fanden auf der Hollaendischen Air Base Gilze-Rijen die Luchtmachtdagen 2010 statt. Da ebenfalls das 100 Jaehrige bestehen der Air Base gefeiert wurde, gab es wieder viele Auslaendische Besucher inklusiver einiger "Standards" fuer solche Airshows, Boeing AWACS, Ein ebenfalls bekanntes Britsches Transportflugzeug, die "Europaeische" C-17, die Patrouille de France die jedoch mangels Wetter wohl keinen Auftritt gemacht haben soll (war Freitag, wir waren am Samstag da).

Hier eine ein Auswahl mit dem doch sehr wechselhaften Wetter und einem Regensturm in der Mitte der Veranstaltung, welcher das Programm im Gesamten ein wenig nach hinten verschob.

Luchtmacht Solo Display Team (s), F16 & AH-64

AH-64 Solo Display | RNLAF

Alpha Jet, Armee de l'Air Solo Display

Boeing E-3 Sentry:

General Dynamics F-16 | RBAF

Lockheed Martin C-130 | RNLAF

Saab JAS39 "Gripen" | Czech Airforce

Waehrend der "Air Power Demo":

Eurocopter AS532 Cougar

Grosse Formation

KC-10 Vorbeiflug

Welches Modell ist dieses Bild ;) | RAF

F-16 Solo Display Team | RNLAF

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British Airways Emergency Landing in Amsterdam

Dennis Vogt — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:43:00 GMT

Source:Flightcrewfinder.com

The aircraft was enroute from Singapore, SIN to London Heathrow, LHR as BA16.

The aircraft was over Germany when crew decided to divert to Amsterdam following multiple technical problems which the crew could not pinpoint to.The crew also reported the aircraft was low on fuel and requested a longer than usual final approach in order to configure the aircraft for the touch down.

The aircraft safely landed and upon inspection it was found that the right hand Trent 895 engine had suffered substantial damage. Both engines had however produced thrust till the aircraft landed albeit with higher than regular fuel burn rates. The aircraft is currently at Amsterdam.'

Pfingstspotting Amsterdam | Pentecost spotting Amsterdam

Dennis Vogt — Mon, 24 May 2010 15:16:00 GMT

An diesem Pfingstwochenende waren Jan-Luca und Papa nicht nur grillen,Abbruchhaus besichtigen und Zuhause ein paar kleine Dinge erledigen, nein, wir waren ebenfalls einen Tag am Flughafen.

Auch wenn es nicht direkt auf Pfingsten war, zum Pfingstwochenende kann man es trotzdem zaehlen.

The pentecost weekend was not only barbequeing, demolition spotting, it also was at least one day "real" airplane spotting, here are our results for Friday, 22- MAY - 2010:

Kleine MD-11 Leitwerksparade: | small Friday tailparade:

Air Bridge Cargo, Boeing 747-300(F), VP-BIC:

TC-JRF, Turkish Airlines, Airbus 321-200:

PH-TFA, ArkeFly, Boeing 737-800(W):

PH-XRR, Transavia; Boeing 737-700(W):

PH-BXV; Boeing 737-800(W); KLM Royal Dutch Airlines:

PH-HZJ; Transavia, Boeing 737-800(W):

PH-HZW; Boeing 737-800(W); Transavia:

Miami Air, Boeing 737-800(W),N733MA (first visit to EHAM):

Und last but not least, PH-BXA, heute mit viel Zeit und Platz fuer eine kleine Fotosession an D5, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Boeing 737-800(W):

Ich hoffe es hat auch dieses Mal gefallen | I hope you liked it also this time.

Amsterdam Spotter, 05 & 14 May 2010

Dennis Vogt — Mon, 17 May 2010 11:15:00 GMT

We finally were able to go out to the airport again, these are our results for two days Schiphol spotting:

9V-SFK, Singapore Airlines (Cargo), Boeing 747-400(ERF)

A6-EWG, Emirates Airways, Boeing 777-200(ER)

CN-ROR, Royal Air Maroc, Boeing 737-800(W)

D-ABFA, Air Berlin, Airbus 320-200

EC-GRH, Vueling Airlines, Airbus 320-200

EC-JFG, Iberia, Airbus 320-200

F-GTAH, Air France, Airbus 321-200

G-EUYD, British Airways, Airbus 320-200

G-LCYH, British Airways, Embrear 170

HL-7449, Korean Air (Cargo), Boeing 747-400(ERF)

HL-7715, Korean Air, Boeing 777-200(LR)

OY-NPD, North Flying, Fairchild Metro 23

PH-KCH, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, McDonnell Douglas MD-11

PH-TFB, ArkeFly, Boeing 737-800(W)

SU-GDB, Egypt Air, Boeing 737-800(W)

Pictures 14-05-2010, Panorama Terrace:

AP-BEC, PIA Pakistan International Airways, Airbus 310-300

HB-IPY, Swiss International, Airbus 319-100

D-ABIF, Lufthansa, Boeing 737-500

PH-BGG, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Boeing 737-700(W)

SU-GDC, Egypt Air, Boeing 737-800(W)

PH-HSC, Transavia, Boeing 737-800(W)

G-ECOY, flyBE., Bombardier Dash 8-400Q

G-LCHY, British Airways, Embrear 170

Afriqiyah Airways crashes in Tripolis, 105 fatalities

Dennis Vogt — Wed, 12 May 2010 07:43:00 GMT

THis morning an Airbus 330-200 of Afriqiyah Airways has crashed while approaching Tripolis International Airport around 06:00 local Time while returning from a roundtrip to Johannesburg.

There are 105 fatalities reported, but not yet further informations available.

MORE and Up-to Date informations here: AvHerald

UPDATE 15-02-2010 1139:

First pictures can bee seen on Bild.de:

Source: Avherald.com

this looks desatrous, how could this have happened short before the landing, it is reported that no fire broke out, but this damage is incredible, the whole fuselage is being blown in pieces...perhaps some terroris background?

UPDATE 12-05-2010, 1206 CEST:

The BBC has published a video directly from the crash site, which shows that the aircraft has desintegrated completely, it must have been some kind of high speed impact.

UPDATE 12-05-2010 1521 CEST:

It has been evidently reported that the only survivor is a 9 year old dutch boy, he has survived and is currently operated in a hospital in Tripoli, he has lost his sisters, brother and parents in the airplane which should have taken them home from a group vacation:

De Telegraaf

The truth about Ryanair..

Dennis Vogt — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 14:51:00 GMT

can be found on a column of the british newspaper Telegraph, this is so damn true that I would not believe it if it woudl not be about Ryanair....

Osterspotting 2010 // easter spotting 2010

Dennis Vogt — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 09:17:00 GMT

Das Osterwochenende war leider etwas mehr als Verregnet, aber wir haben uns trotzdem raus getraut, Jens & Petra als Ansporn, aber immer irgendwie verpasst, hier unsere Auswahl vom Osterwochenende 2010 aus Amsterdam, da koennen sicherlich noch ein paar andere auch ein paar Bilder beisteuern, so viel Deutsch ich auf der Terrasse gehoert habe....

The easter weekend unfortunately was more than rainy, but we anyway went out to the airport to take some pictures over the easter weekend. Motivated by some well known spotter colleagues which have come to Amsterdam for their traditional easter spotting, we finally had so many tries, but did not make it to a meeting, perhaps next time better luck for all of us...

ich warte dann mal auf den Push - Back.......PH-MCL, Martinair, 767-300ER

Air Baltic, YL-BBS,Boeing 737-300

Aeroflot, VQ-BAY, Airbus 320-200

Icelandair, Boeing 757-200(W), TF-FIZ, 04-04-2010

Air Atlanta Icelandic, Boeing 747-200 (SCD)

Olympic Airlines, Airbus 320-200

N29124, Delta Airlines, Boeing 767-300ER

N774A, Southern Air for Thai Cargo, Boeing 777-200(F)

Bilder vom 03.April 2010 (Samstag):

N176DZ, Delta Airlines, Boeing 767-300ER

HB-IPV, Airbus 319-100, Swiss International

D-ACKI, Lufthansa Cityline, Bombardier Regionaljet 700

Cyprus Airways, Airbus 320-200, 5B-DBC

5A-ONC, Airbus 319-100, Afriqiyah Airways

langsam ein Stammgast, Icelandair hat anscheinend sehr stabile Umlaeufe:

slowly some kind of regular visitor, Icelandair seems to have very stable schedules:

TF-FIZ, 03. April 2010, Icelandair

und noch ein grosser Blauling, wieder Zeit, aber kein Wetter fuer Experimente:

and a big "blueling", time for experiments, but no weather for it:

PH-BFR, KLM, Boeing 747-400(M)

PH-BFR, KLM, Boeing 747-400(M)

Und noch ein bisschen "Regenaction" oder eher "Schlammschlacht":

And some rain action or better "mud fight":

B-, Cathay Pacific, Boeing 747-400

The Vueling version of "Love takes over"

Dennis Vogt — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 07:09:00 GMT

I like it, you too?

Ich mag es, Ihr auch?

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Vote for the route cake of the week // Waehle den Routen Kuchen der Woche

Dennis Vogt — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 17:44:00 GMT

You can vote here, I will keep my hidden until the result is out end of the week!

Wie ich finde eine sehr interessante Idee, den Routenkuchen der Woche zu waehlen, hier geht es zur Wahl!