- On March 13, a flight was derived in American Airlines According to the goal after the flight crew had reported motor vibrations and his engine caught fire after landing. The National Transportation Safety Board announced in a report this week that the engine had leaked the fuel due to a relaxed and not properly installed parts. Despite numerous reported flight safety incidents, the flight is safer than decades ago, experts say.
An American Airlines engine that opened in March in March was found report Published on Thursday.
The NTSB identified a damaged fan blade on the right side of the two-motor beam as well as a loose air current control component, which was installed backwards, and a loose rod end that licked the fuel from the adjustment. The report contained no reason for the fire because the NTSB has not yet completed its investigation into the incident. The purpose of the document is to find the basic cause of the incident and not to assign guilt.
On March 13, flight 1006 from Colorado Springs Airport to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport from Colorado Springs Airport Reded to Denver International Airport After the flight crew, the vibrations of motor reported. The Boeing 737-823 aircraft caught fire, while he raced to the goal and, according to the report, “considerable damage”.
“They thought they had what we would call a degraded engine” Assets. “It didn’t do. It was not a failed engine, but it didn’t deliver all the thrust and the ability it could produce it.”
The jet wore two flight crew members, four members of the cabin crew and 172 passengers, 12 of whom were hospitalized for minor injuries. According to the report, the Gate Ramp staff deleted the fire on the right side of the aircraft one minute after the start. The passengers evacuated the aircraft on the remaining overwing and a slide from the right door of the jet.
NTSBS photos of the evacuated aircraft show combustion brands and damage through the right wing, the main landing gear and the bicycle -well fountain of the nozzle.
“The security of our customers and team members has our top priority, and we are cooperating with the National Transportation Safety Board when studying the American Airlines Flight 1006,” said a spokesman for the American Airlines Assets in an explanation.
Manage security incidents
At the beginning of the year, the flight cancellation for March was one of several highly tested incidents of aviation safety. In January Jet an American Airlines Jet collided with an army helicopter In Washington, DC, 67 people killed. Later this month a small private plane crashed in the northeast of Philadelphiawhich leads to several deaths. Most recently, the Newark Liberty International Airport A experienced Series of radio failuresWhich led to a number of flight delays and cancellations.
These incidents can have financial effects for airlines. American Airlines reported in his Income in the first quarter The challenges of his corporate travel business as a result of the “economic uncertainty that the demand in free time in the home free time and the tragic accident of American Eagle Flight 5342,” said the company.
Despite the multiple security errors, aerial drive expert claim it is Still to fly safely. Boeing – although it has struggled in recent years with safety concerns– After a significant decline in deaths in 2024, reported that the total accident rates have decreased by 40% and in the past 20 years by 65% of fatal accident rates, while the number of flights rose by 20% in the same period.
Grant said that the engine problems with flight 1006 are rare and the reliability of its CFM56-7B engine speak.
“The engine is extremely reliable,” he said. “The fact that we often see situations like this frequently is proof of the reliability of the engines. It is an extremely reliable part.”
In view of the information they had at the time, he claims that what was “reasonably expected” was done – especially since they had to evacuate passengers from the jet when they were scoring at a goal, a situation that normally required shift procedures.
In combination with statistics that aviation accidents have actually declined, the rarity of the engine closure refers to the continued flight of the flight, said Grant.
“When we go back and can be seen from the 50s, where we are today, the accident trend is very, very small compared to hundreds of thousands, millions of hours of flight time that are flown every year,” he said. “The data do not support that air travel is more risky. It is actually the opposite.”
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