The part i like the best is how the 12 inch gash showed up after the pilots walk-around....
NTSB to investigate Northwest Airlines Flight 1411
5/25/2007 5:52 PM
By: Bill Carey
It was the normal routine. Passengers checked in at Hancock Airport and were cleared to board Northwest Airlines Flight 1411 to Detroit. In all, there would be 95 passengers and four crew members aboard the DC-9.
That normal routine a week ago would have included an inspection by the flight crew to detect any signs of problems with the plane. Also routine would have been the work by crews for Air Wisconsin, which is contracted to handle loading of baggage aboard the flight. All would have been routine, until just after takeoff.
That aircraft never made it to Detroit. Shortly after leaving Hancock Airport, a declaration of an emergency. There'd been decompression. There was the smell of smoke.
Less than an hour after leaving Syracuse, Flight 1411 was back on the ground at an airport in Buffalo.
“We were probably in the air for 20 minutes and they said we lost cabin pressure. All the masks dropped down and everything,†said passenger Aaron Griffin.
It could be months before a final report is issued, but the National Transportation Safety Board is taking a closer look at an incident involving a Northwest Airlines flight from Syracuse to Detroit, a week ago. A flight cut short by an emergency.
“I was sleeping and heard a pop. So, I just kind of glanced over and it sounded like there was, you know, air swishing,†said passenger Wade Cornette.
“You could tell everybody was nervous, you know,†said Griffin.
Most troubling of all was the discovery of a 12-inch gash in the fuselage of the jetliner. Now, the National Transportation Safety Board is looking into what caused that hole to appear.
Among the possibilities is that some type of damage was inflicted to the aircraft after the flight crew's inspection, but before the jet taxied for takeoff. The NTSB is looking at, among other things, the work by the ground work. FAA regulations demand immediate reporting of any damage.
In addition to the NTSB investigation, Northwest Airlines says it is conducting its own internal review, but says there is still no clear understanding of what happened.
NTSB to investigate Northwest Airlines Flight 1411
5/25/2007 5:52 PM
By: Bill Carey
It was the normal routine. Passengers checked in at Hancock Airport and were cleared to board Northwest Airlines Flight 1411 to Detroit. In all, there would be 95 passengers and four crew members aboard the DC-9.
That normal routine a week ago would have included an inspection by the flight crew to detect any signs of problems with the plane. Also routine would have been the work by crews for Air Wisconsin, which is contracted to handle loading of baggage aboard the flight. All would have been routine, until just after takeoff.
That aircraft never made it to Detroit. Shortly after leaving Hancock Airport, a declaration of an emergency. There'd been decompression. There was the smell of smoke.
Less than an hour after leaving Syracuse, Flight 1411 was back on the ground at an airport in Buffalo.
“We were probably in the air for 20 minutes and they said we lost cabin pressure. All the masks dropped down and everything,†said passenger Aaron Griffin.
It could be months before a final report is issued, but the National Transportation Safety Board is taking a closer look at an incident involving a Northwest Airlines flight from Syracuse to Detroit, a week ago. A flight cut short by an emergency.
“I was sleeping and heard a pop. So, I just kind of glanced over and it sounded like there was, you know, air swishing,†said passenger Wade Cornette.
“You could tell everybody was nervous, you know,†said Griffin.
Most troubling of all was the discovery of a 12-inch gash in the fuselage of the jetliner. Now, the National Transportation Safety Board is looking into what caused that hole to appear.
Among the possibilities is that some type of damage was inflicted to the aircraft after the flight crew's inspection, but before the jet taxied for takeoff. The NTSB is looking at, among other things, the work by the ground work. FAA regulations demand immediate reporting of any damage.
In addition to the NTSB investigation, Northwest Airlines says it is conducting its own internal review, but says there is still no clear understanding of what happened.