Is Connie dropping parts again??

[bocefus]

http://www.thereporter.com/news/ci_4970788

 

[Classicdriver]

The inside word is, it was Connie again. The plane deverted to LAX after departing SUU (Travis AFB). I bet Connie finds a way to sue JAL.

 

[embpic1]

In August 2000, a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Boeing 747 was forced to make an emergency landing when some engine pieces plummeted to the ground and landed on a crowded Los Angeles beach


On March 10, 2005, a couple taking a stroll through woodlands near Gatwick airport had a lucky escape when a door from a passing British Airways jet, crashed to earth. A part of the 70-pound door from a Boeing 777 had become dislodged just after take off and missed the couple by only 20 feet!


On August 11, 2006, a door fell off from a TAM Fokker 100 from Sao Paulo to Rio de Janeiro. It dropped off 18 minutes after departure but the plane was able to return to Sao Paulo without incident. Nobody was injured.


Other events occurring at various times:
a. An engine exploded on a Japan Airlines flight bound for Tokyo with pieces of the engine falling on a neighborhood in Jakarta. The falling debris hurt no one but 16 homes were damaged.


b. The right wheel of a Blue Panorama Airlines Boeing 737 fell off after it departed from an airport in Spain and was forced to make an unscheduled landing amid emergency in Rome.


c. A similar incident happened near Los Angeles where an American Airlines Boeing 757 lost its right nose gear but managed to land safely with 105 passengers on board.


d. A landing gear door fell off a Delta Airlines Boeing 727 shortly after the plane took off from Boston's Logan International Airport. The 30-pound metal door crashed into an empty street in a quiet residential neighborhood.

 

[Kikuchiyo]

Tail # N717CK dropped it while departing on a mil charter flight from KSUU, then diverted to LAX. Kalitta tail swapped to N719CK to complete the mission. AMC reporting says it's a landing gear door.

 

[alpine1989]

Are you sure it was N717CK? The video I saw on the news clearly showed a JAL placard on the separarted door. N717CK was originally operated by AAL. N719CK was a JAL original. It's possible that the doors/parts were swapped sometime prior. Perhaps you have it backwards?

 

[blackbird]

here...

http://www.nbc11.com/news/10694765/detail.html

 

[nosewheel]

It's possible that the doors/parts were swapped sometime prior. Perhaps you have it backwards?

:laugh: Those parts could have been stolen right off a JAL or any other aircraft for all you know. Come on !! This is Connie Land you talking about.:beer:

 

[Kikuchiyo]

I suppose it's possible that Travis swapped the tail numbers in the computer. But as it reads, N717CK was the original departure from SUU and is the one that diverted to LAX, and 719 picked up and finished the mission. None of the follow-on stations changed the tail from 719 either. I'd presume it more likely that Connie Mx swapped the doors between the jets at some point in the past.