THIS is the heart-stopping moment a Boeing 747 was caught on camera bouncing along the runway in another major safety blunder.
The Lufthansa Airlines plane was seen dramatically hitting the ground twice at Los Angeles Airport (LAX) before the pilot gave up and aborted the forced landing.
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Haunting live-stream footage shows Boeing’s largest jumbo jet, the 747-8i, descending toward the runway on Tuesday, ready to land before disaster strikes strikes.
The reason for the two failed attempts is still unclear.
The images show that the moment the rear wheels scrape the ground as a giant white cloud of smoke flies towards the sky.
Before the jet is launched upwards, returning to the air for a few seconds.
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The second landing attempt ends with a similar dismal result, despite both sets of wheels landing this time.
This is the hardest landing we’ve ever seen on our broadcast.
Kevin Raio
Once again, he hits the ground and climbs up in an ugly way.
The pilot finally aborted the landing after the second major crash and flew back into the air.
The chilling footage was captured by regular plane enthusiasts Airline Videos Live and posted on their website.
The group’s owner, Kevin Ray, can be heard commenting on the clip as it happens, shouting, “Holy shit!
“This is the hardest landing we’ve ever seen on our broadcast.”
Ray went on to say that he could smell a burning smell coming from the rubber wheels as they squeaked on the hard road.
The nine-year-old plane managed to land successfully after a short time circling the airport, leaving many perplexed as to what caused the errors.
An official Lufthansa spokesperson told The Sun: “There were 326 passengers and 19 crew on board the Boeing 747-8 training flight.
“Following an assessment by the cabin crew, a consultation with the technical department on site and in Frankfurt and an initial visual inspection, the aircraft was flown back to Frankfurt.
“There it will undergo additional inspection.”
They added that the flight had a “difficult landing” but assured that no one was injured.
The Sun has contacted Boeing for comment.
REPORTER SPEAKS
The botched landing is just the latest in a series of controversies surrounding Boeing as investigations continue into the company.
Brave whistleblower Sam Salehpour described witnessing workers jumping on plane parts to force them to fit into “defective” aircraft.
He went on to say that he was told to “shut up” and threatened by Boeing bosses after constantly raising serious safety concerns about how the planes were being assembled.
Salehpour participated in the consecutive bomb US Congress hearings this week as he testified against his employers.
The engineer worked at Boeing for a decade and claims he tried to warn them about his concerns during much of that time.
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At the congressional hearing, Salehpour said, “I’m not here today because I want to be here.
“I’m here because I feel I have to speak out because I don’t want to see a 787 or another 777 crash.
“I was ignored, I was told not to create delays, I was told, frankly, to shut up…
“My boss said, ‘I would have killed anyone who said what you said’ during a meeting.”
Chaos on High: A Timeline of Boeing Incidents
BOEING has been at the center of increasingly worrying reports in recent months, thanks to damage to its planes.
April 2018- Woman dies after being partially sucked out of window of Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 flight
October 2018 – Fatal crash of Boeing 737 MAX 8 Indonesia Lion Air leaves 189 dead
March 2019 – Fatal crash with Ethiopia Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 leaves 157 dead
January 2024 – Boeing 747 Delta Airlines plane loses front tire
January 2024 – Boeing Alaska Airlines ripped out window leaving a hole in the plane
March 2024 – Wheel falls off Boeing 777 United Airlines plane, destroying cars below
March 2024 – Boeing 787 LATAM LA800 took a “sudden dive” leaving 50 injured
April 2024 – Boeing 737 engine cover ripped off in mid-air
April 2024 – Wheel falls off and clouds of smoke from Boeing 737 FlySafair FA212 in South Africa
April 2024 – Boeing 747-8i fails to land after crashing twice on runway
Its biggest problems have been the way the 787 jets have been assembled over the past three years.
In one of the shocking claims, he said: “I literally saw people jumping on pieces of the plane to align them.
“I repeatedly produced reports to my supervisor and Boeing management that gaps in the 787 were not being properly measured or adjusted in two major 787 joints.”
Salehpour found that in 29 planes, large gaps were reported but not resolved a staggering 98.7% of the time.
In over 80 percent of cases, unclosed gaps ended up being filled with debris, he told Congress.
I’m scared, but I’m at peace. If something happens to me, I’m at peace. I feel that by performing I am saving many lives
Sam Salehpur
Salehpour said that all of his complaints were ignored and that he was forced to move from project to project due to his scathing reports.
He even made claims saying he received death threats for his criticism.
“I’m scared, but I’m at peace. If something happens to me, I’m at peace,” he said.
“I feel like by coming forward, I’m saving a lot of lives.”
Another ex Boeing Employee Turned Whistleblower John Barnettaged 62, gave a statement against the company a few days before dying from a “self-inflicted” wound.
He was providing evidence of alleged wrongdoing at Boeing to investigators working on a case against the company at the time of his death, according to the BBC.
In 2019, he told reporters that he saw workers purposely installing substandard parts on aircraft on the production line.
Barnett claimed that defective parts were mishandled and sometimes lost or refurbished in planes from the company’s scrapyard to meet production deadlines.
He also claimed to have discovered major problems with some of the planes’ oxygen systems, which could cause one in four masks to not work properly.
He also says his complaints were ignored.
BOEING RESPONSE
Boeing has always kept its 787 and 777 jets safe to fly.
Engineers rejected Salehpour’s claims on Monday, 15th, saying that the metal surfaces of planes do not fatigue.
According to Boeing, 165,000 flights were analyzed and no signs of fatigue were recorded in any of them.
A Boeing spokesperson previously told The Sun: “Since 2020, Boeing has taken important steps steps promote a safety culture that empowers and encourages all employees to raise their voices.
“We know we have more work to do and are taking action across our company.
“We continue to put safety and quality above all else and share information transparently with our regulator, customers and other stakeholders.”
FATAL AIRLINE DISASTERS
Boeing has also been involved in some horrific and fatal ordeals over the past decade.
On March 10, 2019, 157 passengers died when a Ethiopia Airlines flight crashed after taking off from an Addis Ababa airport.
Nine British passengers died on the flight, two more than initially expected.
It was the second incident in less than six months following a new Lion Air Boeing 737 Max 8 flight over the Java Sea in October 2018.
Tragically, 189 people died in Indonesia moments after the pilot reported “technical difficulties”.
According to the company’s CEO, the jet was repaired the night before.
And in 2018, a woman was killed when a piece of engine casing tore off a Southwest Airlines 737 and destroyed the window adjacent to his seat.
Boeing continues to be placed under pressure from a series of “defective” aircraft after hundreds of deaths, accidents and calamities were linked to the company.
Boeing was sued by shareholders alleging the company prioritized profit over safety, according to Reuters.
In February, the FAA concluded that Boeing had a “lack of knowledge of safety-related metrics at all levels.”
It happens as shocking images show the moment a wheel fell off a Boeing 777 flying over California, landing the flight intended for Japan.
The images show cars crushed to the ground when the wheel collided with parked engines.
Terrifying video also captured the moment the engine cover of a Boeing 737 was ripped off in mid-air earlier this month.
One pilot was even forced to turn the plane around after poop flowed into the cabin of a Boeing 777 due to a faulty toilet.
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