Comair panel falls off in LEX.

[SPDBRD747400]

Comair engine panel falls off in LEX *Hard Landing*!.

http://www.lex18.com/Global/story.asp?S=8753351

Was it IOE!

 

[Stifler's Mom]

flight 4180

Wouldn't this be ASA, not Comair?

They say the impact of the plane touching down caused the part to come off.

It's that damn mural they have painted on the wall.

 

[wmuflyguy]

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/ASQ4180/history/20080729/1145Z/KATL/KLEX

It was an ASA flight.

 

[LR60BOY]

Deets, I need Deets!

Give me a frickin' break.

 

[RiddleEagle18]

Wouldn't this be ASA, not Comair?



It's that damn mural they have painted on the wall.

That mural is very distracting!!!

 

[BoilerUP]

That mural is very distracting!!!

Its horses, grass and a barn on a retaining wall...surely you can't be serious...

 

[Max Q]

Hard landing? Doubt it. I'm thinking if the landing was so hard that it tore off a panel that 310 knots of wind couldn't tear off, there would be passengers with gear struts up their tail pipes.

Maybe the thrust reversers deploying...

-Brett

 

[Dutch]

Certain times of the day (shadows and such) the mural can create a visual illusion. The fact that its in the notes section on the back of the 10-9 page makes me think that I'm not the only one who finds it a bit distracting.

Its horses, grass and a barn on a retaining wall...surely you can't be serious...

 

[SpoilerFault]

The fan cowlings on the 200 are a total POS! I'm really suprised that more of them don't come off. Once they've been on and off a few times the grommets that the cam-locs are in get worn, allowing the head of the fastener to pull-through the panel. When I was at ASA the company never would get the correct dies for removing the old ones and swaging new grommets onto the composite cowling. A little bit of tooling is certainly better than bad press and having a jet sitting for something like this. Not to mention that it could potentially cause a lot of property damage/injury. ASA has lost a fan cowl before.....NY if I remember correctly.

 

[siucavflight]

Thank goodness that the news reported no flight delays.