Cargo horror stories?
10-12-2017, 10:44 AM
#22
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Originally Posted by mark hughes
I'm not a pilot but was deadheading into ANC in the early 80's. We rolled up around 4am in the winter, only to see this 747 parked with the nose gear.
It was a load of 300 cattle going to JAPAN. They offloaded the cattle at an angle and put the cattle in the warehouse to keep them from freezing.
Then a crane was brought in the raise the nose of the aircraft.
What had happened was that the crew was receiving a light that the nose gear wasn't operating correctly. Maintenance put the pin/streamer in the nose gear to keep it from retracting while they tested it. Of course, it was a windy evening and apparently the pin wasn't fully in place. It blew out while they were testing the gear!
Link to a photo of the 747 (sorry, I don't know how to just make the photo part of the note and faq's didn't help.)
https://ibb.co/gNvH1G
It was a load of 300 cattle going to JAPAN. They offloaded the cattle at an angle and put the cattle in the warehouse to keep them from freezing.
Then a crane was brought in the raise the nose of the aircraft.
What had happened was that the crew was receiving a light that the nose gear wasn't operating correctly. Maintenance put the pin/streamer in the nose gear to keep it from retracting while they tested it. Of course, it was a windy evening and apparently the pin wasn't fully in place. It blew out while they were testing the gear!
Link to a photo of the 747 (sorry, I don't know how to just make the photo part of the note and faq's didn't help.)
https://ibb.co/gNvH1G
10-12-2017, 05:26 PM
#23
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Originally Posted by 727CA
Several airlines back, used to carry all sorts of animals all the time. Opened cargo door and there was a male monkey in a large dog carrier just sitting there going to town on himself using his back foot with the opposable toe 
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10-12-2017, 07:55 PM
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747: 200 pregnant milk cows from Melbourne Australia to Hanoi. There was a wee bit of an odor even after wrapping the bags in plastic and keeping them upstairs. Always heard pigs were worse but never did one of those.
10-13-2017, 07:16 AM
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Obviously not a poker player or haven't read the whole thread. ^^^^
I did a load of cows Australia to Saigon. A little Vietnamese lady comes up to the cockpit and says we have to fly nice, all the cows are pregnant. Yes, pigs are worse.
I did a load of cows Australia to Saigon. A little Vietnamese lady comes up to the cockpit and says we have to fly nice, all the cows are pregnant. Yes, pigs are worse.
10-23-2017, 12:29 AM
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Position: C47 PIC/747-400 SIC
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We did chicks between Hamilton, Ontario and Pocatello ,Id. In a DC3, heavy crewed, O2 equipped for the MEA's over the Rockies, and an extra Janitrol heater in the back to keep our charges toasty,and warm, it went off without a hitch, I will never forget that sunrise over the Front Range at the MEA about 2000 agl over the peaks, we had drift down alternates in every valley, we were way above our single engine ceiling in case we had to cage one. Not really a horror story it went really well.
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