SK A330 - part of wing fell off at IAD
May 21, 2006, 11:56 am
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SK A330 - part of wing fell off at IAD
airliners.net is discussing a incident with the SAS A330 coming in to IAD yesterday with winglet and part of the wing apparently gone. Picture:
SAS A330 Broken Wing picture
(The aircraft was LN-RKH)
SAS A330 Broken Wing picture
(The aircraft was LN-RKH)
Last edited by SK_RSJ; May 21, 2006 at 11:59 am Reason: added registration
May 21, 2006, 12:21 pm
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Will be interesting to see what the FAA incident report says tomorrow:
http://www.faa.gov/data_statistics/a...liminary_data/
This happened on May 19:
It was late out of CPH:
http://wftc2.e-travel.com/pl/availab...E=200605190117
It departed quite late, but was not so late into CPH:
http://wftc2.e-travel.com/pl/availab...E=200605190117
http://www.faa.gov/data_statistics/a...liminary_data/
This happened on May 19:
It was late out of CPH:
http://wftc2.e-travel.com/pl/availab...E=200605190117
It departed quite late, but was not so late into CPH:
http://wftc2.e-travel.com/pl/availab...E=200605190117
Last edited by oliver2002; May 21, 2006 at 12:30 pm
May 21, 2006, 6:07 pm
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I was on the flight. The pilot hit a light pole in CPH. We were 5 hours late leaving as they had to remove the winglet and patch up something underneath. A passenger pointed out the problem. The pilot wasn't aware he hit it.
May 21, 2006, 9:44 pm
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I'm on that plane right now and apparently flying with a missing winglet is not a big deal. I was told that the plane wil burn more fuel since it needs to be trimmed slightly differently, but that there is no speed penalty.
The wing looks "naked" though.
The wing looks "naked" though.
May 24, 2006, 5:45 am
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Seems quite odd. Usually when an incident like this happens, the flight crew is immediately taken out of service and suspended pending investigation. I can't believe they just did a quick repair and sent the plane on its way...they must have at least swapped out the crew.
May 24, 2006, 5:48 am
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Originally Posted by tommy777
The pilot didn't notice it?? That's a little worrying......
I have seen a 330 and many UA320s without a winglet in traffic. Not a big deal, just burns more fuel
I have seen a 330 and many UA320s without a winglet in traffic. Not a big deal, just burns more fuel
May 24, 2006, 6:19 am
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Originally Posted by USA_flyer
If it was on pushback then it could have been to do with the tug driver, not the pilot.
Anyways, they caught it in time and nothing fell of during the flight, like our anet friends first reported
