Jet's Gear Crack Forced Landing
Aug 10, 2001, 10:45 pm
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Jet's Gear Crack Forced Landing
Jet's Gear Crack Forced Landing
A crack in nose landing gear of a TWA jetliner apparently prevented the gear from opening, forcing an emergency landing, authorities said Friday.
The damaged nose landing gear deflector will be examined by the National Transportation Safety Board to see why it cracked, NTSB investigator Ed Malinowski said. The equipment deflects water as the plane lands.
A preliminary report is expected in about a week, he said.
Flight 519 from Nashville, Tenn., to St. Louis diverted Thursday evening from Lambert Airport to MidAmerica Airport in Mascoutah, 25 miles to the east. None of the 71 passengers and five crew were injured.
Last month, the Federal Aviation Administration determined a series of emergency landings involving TWA aircraft were a coincidence.
The FAA reviewed the airline's maintenance procedures after four TWA MD-80s made emergency landings in a six-day period in July.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/nati...y-Landing.html
A crack in nose landing gear of a TWA jetliner apparently prevented the gear from opening, forcing an emergency landing, authorities said Friday.
The damaged nose landing gear deflector will be examined by the National Transportation Safety Board to see why it cracked, NTSB investigator Ed Malinowski said. The equipment deflects water as the plane lands.
A preliminary report is expected in about a week, he said.
Flight 519 from Nashville, Tenn., to St. Louis diverted Thursday evening from Lambert Airport to MidAmerica Airport in Mascoutah, 25 miles to the east. None of the 71 passengers and five crew were injured.
Last month, the Federal Aviation Administration determined a series of emergency landings involving TWA aircraft were a coincidence.
The FAA reviewed the airline's maintenance procedures after four TWA MD-80s made emergency landings in a six-day period in July.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/nati...y-Landing.html
Aug 10, 2001, 10:49 pm
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Thanks doc.
This adds more adventure to my upcoming STL-PDX-STL thing http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif
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Al
This adds more adventure to my upcoming STL-PDX-STL thing http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif
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Al