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http://avherald.com/h?article=462beb5e
Aircraft loses both cowls in flight?
Maintenance issue maybe?
Aircraft loses both cowls in flight?
Maintenance issue maybe?
http://avherald.com/h?article=462beb5e
Aircraft loses both cowls in flight?
Maintenance issue maybe?
I have closed many of those cowls...using a creeper of course. They are a PITA. As soon as I saw the report, I had a good idea of what happened. I have never seen a pilot get down low enough to actually verify the latch integrity.BA plane in Heathrow emergency lost unlatched engine panels on takeoff
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Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/05/31/accident-report-ba-plane-in-heathrow-emergency-lost-unlatched-engine-panels-on/#ixzz2Ust7fu82[/background][background=rgb(255, 255, 255)]Air accident investigators say a British Airways jet that made an emergency landing at Heathrow Airport last week lost panels from both its engines after they were left unlatched during maintenance.
In an initial report on the incident Friday, the Air Accidents Investigation Branch said the unlatched fan cowl doors weren't noticed before the Airbus A319-131 took off.
The covers detached, damaging the airframe and some aircraft systems and rupturing a fuel pipe on the plane's right engine, which developed an external fire.
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I have closed many of those cowls...using a creeper of course. They are a PITA. As soon as I saw the report, I had a good idea of what happened. I have never seen a pilot get down low enough to actually verify the latch integrity.