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Truck Hits Southwest Plane at BWI Airport
A ground vehicle at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport collided with a Southwest Airlines plane on a runway late Sunday night, officials said. (www.wbaltv.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
The more things change...
Interestingly, one other Friday story from FlightAware is a photo history of O'Hare. Slide 52 is of AA191 moments from crashing after losing an engine, in 1979. The engine fell off the wing because of a cracked wing pylon. The wing pylon was cracked, the investigation discovered, because a ground vehicle had "bumped" into it somewhere along the way (not that day), and apparently no one thought it was enough of an incident to do any inspections.
It was. It remains the worst air disaster/accident on US soil in history (not counting 9/11).
Interestingly, one other Friday story from FlightAware is a photo history of O'Hare. Slide 52 is of AA191 moments from crashing after losing an engine, in 1979. The engine fell off the wing because of a cracked wing pylon. The wing pylon was cracked, the investigation discovered, because a ground vehicle had "bumped" into it somewhere along the way (not that day), and apparently no one thought it was enough of an incident to do any inspections.
It was. It remains the worst air disaster/accident on US soil in history (not counting 9/11).
Not due to a truck bump. NTSB determined it was due to an engine change procedure developed by Amaeican and Continental, not the manufacturers’ recommend procedure.
“The NTSB determined that the damage to the left wing engine pylon had occurred during an earlier engine change at the American Airlines aircraft maintenance facility in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on March 29 and 30, 1979”
“The method chosen by American and Continental procedure supported the engine/pylon assembly with a large forklift.”
“The NTSB determined that the damage to the left wing engine pylon had occurred during an earlier engine change at the American Airlines aircraft maintenance facility in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on March 29 and 30, 1979”
“The method chosen by American and Continental procedure supported the engine/pylon assembly with a large forklift.”
Looks like they fixed the wording; it no longer says "runway." Though "gated area" still sounds a bit odd, especially in Baltimore. It's not San Diego.
See? I KNEW these driverless cars and trucks weren't such a great idea.
Actually they may be a good idea..at least the steering wheel won't get distracted trying to fiddle with the radio or cell phone.
Maybe the problem would be solved if we just added driverless planes next...
That's like Amtrak Media Relations who, when there is an outright train wreck, says the train "lost contact with the rail."