News / Liège Airport incident raises debate over safety over ageing freighters

A recent incident involving an aircraft departing from Liège Airport has raised the debate over the safety of ageing freighters.

At the end of last week, an engine cowling of a Boeing 747F operated by Air Atlanta Icelandic and bound for Malta, broke off, falling on a property in the vicinity of the Belgian air cargo hub, damaging a garden and garage.

Local action group Demain said it had repeatedly denounced the multiplication of incidents and emergency procedures concerning several large aircraft ...