Federal Express (Fed Ex) Boeing 727-232AF plane crash
Tallahassee, Florida, USA
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The aircraft crashed at 5:43am local time while attempting to land at Tallahassee Regional Airport on a cargo flight from Memphis, TN. With the Tallahassee Airport control tower closed due to the early-morning hour, the flight crew received clearance from Jacksonville Center for a visual approach to runway 09 at 5:36am.
The first impact mark was on a tree, about 70 feet high and 3,100 feet from the runway threshold. The plane first hit the ground about 2,100 feet from the runway threshold, and the first piece of wreckage - a leading edge slat - was found approximately 200 feet from the initial tree-strike point. The aircraft's landing gear was down at the time of the accident. The 727 skidded to a stop about 1,000 feet from the end of the runway and caught fire. The flight crew escaped major injury.
Photos of the crash of Federal Express (Fed Ex) (26th July, 2002)
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