Crash @ Brussels Airport
I live pretty close to Brussels Airport. Most of the time we don’t have to much noise problems but this morning the planes were getting off on the short runway that goes more or less in our direction. We had lots of noise and then … silence. This is why:
A Boeing 747 from Kalitta Airways didn’t make it into the air, slide of the runway and broke in two piece. In a journalistic reflex, I grabbed a camera and headed towards the crash site.
Because I was there only minutes after the crash, I managed to talk myself past the police and firemen. A few minutes later, they got their stuff together and everyone had to move.
Their don’t seem to be any victims but the crew member in the picture below seemed a bit shocked.
Another crew member took it easier. He took a deep breath, shrugged and lit a smoke. It looked like he has a crash like this every few weeks. Maybe he was happy to get a smoke much faster than expected.
All in all I think we were all very lucky because this could have been a lot worse. The first picture was taken from my mother-in-law’s front door. The last pic is made 20 meters from a friend’s parents’ house. Imagine what would have happened if the plane got 100 meter further or got on fire …
Amazing how it seems that nobody got hurt! No words to describe how lucky the crew was and all those people you say that live near the crash.
Just a question, were there no passengers on that flight? Or you chose not to post any pictures of them?
It was a cargo. The 5 crewmembers got away without serious injuries.
Nice photo-reportage! I saw from the news about this accident. Luckily nobody got hurt. I just wonder how an earth the plane smashed to two pieces..
Ah, just saw it on the news… I should have guessed it when I saw their uniforms… :/
http://www.nos.nl/nos/artikelen/2008/05/art000001C8BE6529EC0E9A.html
I found your videos on youtube and that way your blog. Then I saw these pictures and checked out the dutch NOS-news website. And there’s an article on it there. These are the things that I find so unbelievable awesome about the internet, it feels like news and the world is smaller and more reachable.
Anyhow, I’ll keep checking you out, cause I find the tips very usefull
Maybe I’ll give you a call next year to see if there’s a spot for a “stagier” 
(Don’t know the exact word in english.. 
Intern? )
Greetz, Wibo.
Groningen, Netherlands.
PS: Ow, the stagier thing is cause I study photography
Just to clear that sentence up.
Amazing (but lukily) nobody got hurt. Yes, it’s allways a risk living near an airport.
it’s really amazing that there is no fire. Hope every crew and passenger is well
Saw that in Swiss newspapers too. Very photogenic scene! It’s somehow funny how a pro always keep an “artistic eye” even for a plane crash. Hope it will not happen too hoften…