Hello IFC!
Awaiting deliveries of its A320s and A319s, Iran Air, the flag carrier of Iran, has wet-leased an Airbus A321 of Titan Airways.
The pilots flew the aircraft from London Stansted to Tehran Iman Khomeini with a proximately flight time of 5 hours, on the Expert Server, for a positioning flight in Iran.
The flight was going well, until the approach to Iman Khomeini…
At Gate B33, G-POWW is an Airbus A321-211 that is wearing the Titan Airways livery (now IRL, the aircraft was converted to Freighter, but it still operating for Titan)
Holding short of Runway 04, with @Nizarderr in commands of this Ryanair B737 MAX 8
Rotating off Runway 04 in cloudy weather
View of Brussels from FL390
Frankfurt
Vienna Airport
Bucharest
Sunset over Türkiye
On the short final Runway 11R at Iman Khomeini, this is the last moment before disasters…
Due to a malfunction of the GPWS, Lack Of Situational Awareness and lack of Crew Resources Management, the pilots forgot to extend the landing gears, resulting in both engines being damaged by scrapping the runway and the rear of the aircraft also damaged.
Both pilots survived, but the aircraft was written-off.
The aftermath:
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Iran Air plans to sue Titan Air for the loss of the aircraft, leaving the Iranian airline with a sole Boeing 747-200 in its fleet, which is currently in maintenance.
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Both pilots were suspended from the British airline
What will happen after?
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