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captain was 59 years old and was a qualified captain on the Boeing 747, 757, and 767 and the McDonnell
Douglas DC-8. He had accumulated 15,000 flight hours throughout his career, including 3,000 flight hours in the Boeing 747. The first officer was 48 years old and was a qualified first officer on the Boeing 747, Gulfstream G500, Canadair CL-65, and Saab 340. He had accumulated 7,000 flight hours, including 200 flight hours on the Boeing 747. The flight engineer was 53 years old and was a qualified flight engineer. He had accumulated 7,000 flight hours throughout his career, including 1,950 flight hours on the Boeing 747. The flight carried 76 tonnes of cargo.
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Kalitta Air was modified: A training DVD depicted the same runway as the accident flight in Brussels. The RESA length requirement was made stricter. The Bird Control Unit (BCU) was also reinforced to be more accurate and subsequent training for its use was also provided in the DVD. The use of the
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a RESA length of 240 metres (790 ft); the runway did not follow this recommendation because there were a railway ahead of the runway and a road at the other end. The bird strike also caused the thrust reversers to not engage, thereby not adequately slowing down the aircraft. The bird strike, the
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At 11:06 a.m., Flight CKS207 requested pushback. They requested clearance to taxi at 11:13 a.m. The controller directed the crew to taxi to A7 and hold short of runway 25R. They were later asked to contact the tower controller. The crew elected not to use runway 25R and instead requested to
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with the registration B-1894. It was re-registered as B-18752, operating for the same airline until the end of August 2003. It was purchased by
Kalitta Air in September of the same year and registered as N704CK. The aircraft accumulated 108,560 flight hours with 20,599 flight cycles. The aircraft was
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