Latest reports are hard landing and post impact fire
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Investigators: Lufthansa Cargo MD-11F caught fire after landing
RIYADH - The investigation after the accident, a cargo plane from the MD-11F Lufthansa Cargo will slow in Riyadh. Flight LH 8460 was an accident on Tuesday at the landing. The spokesman for the Civil Aviation Authority, Khaled al-Chaibari told the Saudi newspaper Al-Iqtisadiyah ":" The aircraft was placed in the landing with such force that it drifted to the left of the runway, then broke fire on board. "
He went to earlier reports from the airport to meet the Saudi capital, said to have been seen that even before the impact, a cloud of smoke on the plane. Even a spokesman for Lufthansa said on Thursday that they had no evidence of a fire prior to touchdown of the machine. The cause of the accident but was still open.
The cargo aircraft type MD-11 was labeled D-ALCQ started on Tuesday in Frankfurt and merged with the landing in Riyadh in flames and broke in two. The two pilots had been on an emergency slide to safety. They were in good health, it was said from Riyadh.
According to Lufthansa was the 39-year-old captain of the machine uninjured, the 29-year-old co-pilot had to be operated. Both should still return this week to Germany.