Former Hungarian MALÉV aircraft crashes, cannot fly anymore
A Boeing 737-300 of Serve Air Cargo, which once flew in the fleet of MALÉV (Hungarian Air Transport Company, Magyar Légiközlekedési Vállalat) under the registration mark HA-LEG, has crashed and cannot fly anymore.
Former MALÉV plane crashes
According to AIRportal, the aircraft with the registration mark 9S-AKK skidded off the runway on the night of 5 May while landing at Kinshasa International Airport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
It will probably never fly again, as the nearly 33-year-old aircraft has suffered such severe damage that it is likely not worth repairing, according to footage posted on social media and a post by the German aviation safety organisation JACDEC.
UPDATE: Daylight footage suggests the extent of damage to 9S-AKK is likely beyond economical repair. @rvadrc pic.twitter.com/GtBI3zJaIy
— JACDEC (@JacdecNew) May 6, 2024
The aircraft involved in the accident made its first take-off in 1991 and flew in MALÉV’s fleet under the registration mark HA-LEG until 2004, a reader of AIRportal wrote.
Serve Air Cargo Boeing 737-300F (9S-AKK, built 1991) sustained substantial damage in an apparent runway excursion at Kinshasa-N’Djili Intl Airport(FZAA), DR Congo ending up on soft ground. @fl360aero pic.twitter.com/1UyseZo2dA
— JACDEC (@JacdecNew) May 5, 2024
The Boeing 737-300 aircraft under the Hungarian Air Transport Company:
The Hungarian MALÉV went bankrupt in 2012.
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