A Kalitta Boeing 747-400F is being retired.
Kalitta N703CK made her very last flight this Thursday, April 11 2024. The Boeing 747-400F arrived at Detroit Willow Run Airport (YIP) airport from Toronto to be clearing customs before its final flight.
About 6 hours later, the 33 year-old lady made its final flight to be retired. A 1 hour and 45 minutes flight to Oscoda-Wurtsmith Airport (OSC).
Trash bin incident
On Feb 3rd 2020 this cargo plane hah to reject takeoff due to trash bin on runway. The plane was taking off to Honolulu at about 3 a.m. from runway 25R when it ran into the trash bin, which had been blown into the plane’s path by strong winds.
The bin hit the nose gear of the plane and blew out two of its tires. Seven people were on board the plane, but none were injured. The Los Angeles Fire Department said there was no fuel leak or fire.
The captain stated that he was the pilot flying and, during the takeoff roll on runway 25R, between 80 and 110 knots (V1 was 131 knots), he noticed a large object “moving right to left at a good speed”. A fraction of a second later it passed under the nose and impacted the airplane. He said that the impact was loud, and the airplane “settled”, followed by severe vibration in the airplane. He immediately rejected the takeoff and stopped on the runway.
NTSB report