On 17 March, the Boeing 747-281B of Fars Air Qeshm (EP-FAB) of Iran was damaged at Doha International Airport.
This happened after the cargo handling workers unloaded the aircraft incorrectly. They unloaded the cargo from the nose of the aircraft first. Consequently, the aircraft became tail heavy and tipped backward.
Fortunately, during the accident, there were no reported injuries among the crew and ground workers. The operations of Doha International Airport in Qatar were not affected.
Fars Air Qeshm is an Iranian cargo airline. The airline operates only one aircraft, the damaged Boeing 747 -281.
Feature Image by Kevin Li
Saw that once at LAX with a FED EX “heavy” on it’s tail.
It’s funny how Iran sending weapons to Hezbollah is somehow considered infinitely worse than USA sending weapons to Al Nusra.
I’m glad she was still able to fly.
Also happened at FedEx Indianapolis hub a few years ago. DC-10 maybe. Improper loading/unloading of containers, or a container not properly attached to floor, shifted: tail down, nose up. Employees took photos. Management confiscated cameras, phones as there is a “no photos while on premesis” rule. Some photos leaked out, rare if you can find them.
Photo(s) in social media, but suppressed in local print media. Story only. “[Gives] FedEx a bad image.”
Hmmm, it looks like it was on a take off, but the ground crew brought it back
No more delivery of weapons
Now back in THR so not too badly damaged!
Iranian cargo. Hmm. Those missles and weapons are certainly heavy. Guess the workers didn’t get enough training from Hezbollah.