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London CityJet plane forced to make emergency landing after 'part of wing fell off'
Seems part of the ?flap control mechanism ? came detached of an Avro BJ45 shortly after takeoff from London City Airport (www.independent.co.uk) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Apologies, it is the blurb that is incorrectly written. Even still, the story is being hyped up this isn't really a disaster. Must have been a bit scary though!
The Independent newspaper should be a competent source of information. Whoever wrote that article should be shown the door. They are not fit for purpose.
After only reading the first few lines of this, I can already say the author didn't really have a firm grasp on the story. It's not an "Avro BJ45" as that doesn't exist. Also, the cowling is technically not part of the flap mechanism, but on the 146 it moves with the flaps and sort of acts as protection (and streamlining) of the flap hydraulic systems... But the cowling has NOTHING to do with "controlling" the flaps.
Damaged part is a Flap Track Fairing, nothing to do with the engines, and extremely unlikely to damage the wing. Would've caused some damage on the ground though if it had fallen off.
See also a movie about it:
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Avro RJ85 wing cover partially detaches after take-off
A CityJet scheduled flight from London's City Centre Airport to Florence returned shortly after take-off when a wing covering partially detached, dangling and flapping.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2629387/Plane-forced-turn-land-City-Airport-passengers-watch-WING-fall-off.html