mechanic sucked into 737 at GBI
hello everyone,
i am not confused at all. i mean after a major engine intervention & when the maintenance manuel says so, it's up to the engineers to perform an engine run up,with the aircraft towed to a remote area used for these purposes etc. ... if only minor interventions have been carried out, then the crew can do this, but of course not at the gate, as seems to be the case here & everone briefed exactly about the plan & pax advised in simple terms to explain the noises & associated airframe vibrations.
and then, when the odds line up against you, your run up is out of tolerances & it's back to the gate, everyone off & there goes the schedule, but i know, i am always too pessimistic or too conservative in this regard. but in this case it's all irrelevant, as someone sadly lost his life.