Boston Globe: AA 1086 JFK Diversion 6/19
Jun 20, 2016, 11:59 am
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Boston Globe: AA 1086 JFK Diversion 6/19
http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/201...pLM/story.html
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BOS-MIA, A321 with engine flames.
From the article, it does not appear to have been some of the cabin crew's finest hour:
The plane started to shake and rattle and people really started to freak out,” said Drew Nederpelt, a Miami business man who was traveling with his girlfriend. “There was lot of crying and screaming. One of the flight attendants was literally shaking and sobbing and we looked at each other like, ‘Somebody else to speak through the PA.’”
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BOS-MIA, A321 with engine flames.
From the article, it does not appear to have been some of the cabin crew's finest hour:
The plane started to shake and rattle and people really started to freak out,” said Drew Nederpelt, a Miami business man who was traveling with his girlfriend. “There was lot of crying and screaming. One of the flight attendants was literally shaking and sobbing and we looked at each other like, ‘Somebody else to speak through the PA.’”
Jun 20, 2016, 12:44 pm
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No paywall for this article and also includes a short 2:30 video report:
http://wsvn.com/news/local/mia-bound...hanical-issue/
http://wsvn.com/news/local/mia-bound...hanical-issue/
A passenger on board flight 1086 told 7News he knew something was wrong. “Twenty-five minutes into the flight, we hear ‘boom,’ like a noise,” said David Martinez-Delgado during a phone interview.
Martinez-Delgado said the ordeal took a frightening turn shortly after. “Five minutes after, another ‘boom,’ and people started looking out of the window, and the entire airplane [cabin] started filling with smoke,” he said. “People started screaming ‘fire,’ and the flight attendant was crying.”
Martinez-Delgado said the ordeal took a frightening turn shortly after. “Five minutes after, another ‘boom,’ and people started looking out of the window, and the entire airplane [cabin] started filling with smoke,” he said. “People started screaming ‘fire,’ and the flight attendant was crying.”
Jun 20, 2016, 3:21 pm
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So last week Monday, I was the AA PHX-SFO flight where the cowlings blew off during take-off. I was "lucky" enough to have full view of this madness and this happens this week? Ours was a 320 aircraft and those planes have seen better days. Even in F, the seats creak at the slightest movement.
I can not believe that with the merger with US Air and record profits, they're still flying those planes - planes so old they have ashtrays at every seat.
I can not believe that with the merger with US Air and record profits, they're still flying those planes - planes so old they have ashtrays at every seat.
Jun 20, 2016, 3:24 pm
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Jun 20, 2016, 3:46 pm
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Jun 20, 2016, 4:06 pm
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If there are actual maintenance deficiencies, then throw the book at them. But even if the planes were properly maintained, this kind of stuff is inevitable -- regardless of how old the planes are.
Jun 20, 2016, 4:07 pm
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I agree. I have much more confidence boarding a 25 year old 757 than a brand new A321 at this point. The interesting thing will be if this was manufacturing related. Could be a pretty major AD applied to all A321s if that's the case.
Jun 20, 2016, 4:14 pm
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Jun 20, 2016, 6:33 pm
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Both pieces ripped off during takeoff
Jun 20, 2016, 6:49 pm
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I'll take a SWAG and suggest that the maintenance crew forgot to latch the engine cowlings after they "topped up the oil" 
I'm pretty sure this is what happened on a BA flight a few years back, though in that episode, the cowlings stayed fully attached to the engine.
I'm pretty sure this is what happened on a BA flight a few years back, though in that episode, the cowlings stayed fully attached to the engine.