Created Thursday, Jan 25th 2024 19:35Z, last updated Friday, Jan 26th 2024 16:59Z
An Atlas Air Boeing 747-800 freighter, registration N860GT performing flight
5Y-8938 from Seoul (South Korea) to Anchorage,AK (USA) with 5 crew, was landing on Anchorage's runway 07R in low visibility conditions at about 06:21L (15:21Z) when the crew initiated a go around after the outboard right hand engine (GEnx) struck the runway surface and climbed back to 3000 feet. The aircraft positioned for another approach to runway 07R and landed without further incident about 15 minutes later.
The FAA reported: "AIRCRAFT #4 ENGINE POD STRUCK THE GROUND ON LANDING, ANCHORAGE, AK."
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Anchorage about 28 hours after landing.
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