Incident: Delta B712 near Nashville on May 8th 2016, turbulence drops engine cowl

[700UW]

http://avherald.com/h?article=498061e2
 

 
 

 

[700UW]

 

[jimntx]

Scroll down in the link until you get to the comments.  There's a wonderful "tale from the past" recounted about a captain inspecting a stalled engine.
 
As far as this incident...no one hurt.  nothing to see.  Move along.  Thank goodness.

 

[conehead777]

http://avherald.com/h?article=498061e2
 

its a B717 there 700 what can't you comprehend about that. Don't let the facts get in your way. Not a 712 you need to check the facts before you post something .

 

[700UW]

its a B717 there 700 what can't you comprehend about that. Don't let the facts get in your way. Not a 712 you need to check the facts before you post something .

Learn to read, from the article its a 717-200, so it was reported as a 712.
 
Did you even read it?
 
 

Incident: Delta B712 near Nashville on May 8th 2016, turbulence drops engine cowl
 
By Simon Hradecky, created Sunday, May 8th 2016 22:50Z, last updated Sunday, May 8th 2016 22:50ZA Delta Airlines Boeing 717-200, registration N939AT performing flight DL-762 from Atlanta,GA to Chicago Midway,IL (USA) with 114 people on board, was climbing through FL260 out of Atlanta at about 20:50z when the aircraft encountered turbulence causing the engine cowl of the right hand engine to separate. The crew received abnormal engine indications and decided to divert to Nashville,TN for a safe landing about 25 minutes later. The aircraft received damage to the right hand engine and right hand stabilizer.

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/DAL762/history/20160508/2020Z/KATL/KMDW
 
 
 

So I suggest you contact Aviation Herald and the author who is Simon Hradecky.

 

[FWAAA]

I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm skeptical that turbulence alone would cause an engine cowling to separate. If it did, then cowlings falling out of the sky would be a routine occurrence.

Either someone didn't tighten the fasteners correctly, or Delta has a winning lawsuit against the manufacturer of the defective fasteners.

 

[Kev3188]

Parts believed to have been from flight 712 found in field:

http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/31952719/photos-faa-looking-into-possible-plane-parts-found-in-calhoun-tn-fields

 

[eolesen]

its a B717 there 700 what can't you comprehend about that. Don't let the facts get in your way. Not a 712 you need to check the facts before you post something .

The 717-200 can be correctly referred to as a 712 (similar to how the industry uses 722, 738, 739, 744, 748, 763, 773, 772, 788, 789....)