Kalita Cargo loses engine, literally

[VampyreGTX]

Anyone wanna go diving for an engine in Lake Michigan? Looks like the Kalita 747-200 lost it's engine (the engine seperated not just lost power) somewhere over Lake Michigan or the state of Michigan itself.

http://www.nbc5.com/news/3838252/detail.html?z=dp&dpswid=2265994&dppid=65172

 

[SCT]

OOPS!

Someone better be crossing the "t"s and dotting the "i"s on their maint. records.........because they are going to have a friendly visit from their local FSDO
rep!!

 

[Peanut gallery]

Weekly Poker Game in YIP will just have a bigger pot than normal

Connie will just make sure the pot they leave on the table is larger than normal, that the Feds walk away with. Same s@@t different day.

 

[FracCapt]

It looks like the engine mount did what it was supposed to do if the engine suffered a severe, sudden stoppage....let the engine fall off rather than bend or break the wing. I think there have only been a couple other cases in the past where those 'breakaway engine mounts' have been put to the test. Hopefully that's what happened here, rather than negligence on the part of maintenance.

 

[Wankel7]

Imagine being the boat watching that thing splash down! Whew, that would be a thrill.

 

[A Squared]

A similar thing happened to an Evergreen 747 over Anchorage a few years back. Engine landed in someone's back yard. Plane dumped fuel and landed

 

[SCT]

Like someone on the Cargo Board said, Connie can now adjust the BOW and up the useful load with 1 less engine........more revenue less fuel burn!

 

[T-Gates]

I just want to be there to see them 3-engine ferry that thing to Oscoda.

 

[Wankel7]

OMG! Your avatar is stunning! Where did you get that!

 

[T-Gates]

Severe boredom and photoshop my friend!