11May2015 PICS: Philippine AF Fokker Friendship gear collaps

[Stratofreighter]

http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=176046
has some pictures.

[Stratofreighter]

And another, larger picture.

[Melchior Timmers]

when looking at the fuselage below the cockpit this is a write-off....

[Jaap]

when looking at the fuselage below the cockpit this is a write-off....

Especially as replacement aircraft (C295) are almost ready for delivery, so the economic value was next to nothing.

[Stratofreighter]

Surprise Surprise!
http://www.update.ph/2016/01/air-force- ... pairs/1739

January 5, 2016

The Philippine Air Force (PAF) is allocating a sum of PHP39,485,000 for the structural repair of one of its three Fokker F-27 “Friendship” transport aircraft.

The submission and opening of bids is set on Friday, 9:00 a.m. at the PAF Procurement Center Conference Room, Villamor Air Base, Pasay City.

To undergo structural repair is PAF’s F-27 with tail number 10669.

The said aircraft was damaged after it nosedived at the Legazpi Airport, Albay on May 11, 2015.