FAA Proposes $572,150 fine against Atlas.
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FAA Proposes $572,150 fine against Atlas.
The FAA has proposed to assess $572,150 in civil penalties against Atlas Air, Inc., of Purchase, NY, a scheduled air cargo airline, for alleged violations of the Federal Aviation Regulations.
The FAA alleges that Atlas Air incorrectly installed a replacement cockpit window on a Boeing 747F, and then operated the aircraft on 49 flights between April 4 and April 27, 2009, when it was not in compliance with those regulations.
The FAA said Atlas Air replaced one of the windows at the first officer’s position, but failed to use the methods, techniques and practices specified in the manufacturer’s maintenance manual or alternate procedures accepted by the FAA for the B-747F. The airline then approved the aircraft for return to service. As a result, the replacement window suffered pressurization leaks while in flight according to multiple reports made by crews operating or maintaining the aircraft. The FAA has proposed a penalty of $506,150 for those violations.
In a second instance, the FAA alleges that on May 14 and 15, 2009, Atlas Air operated a Boeing 747 on international flights from Huntsville, AL, to Glasgow, Scotland, Luxembourg City and back to Huntsville without a required outboard engine pylon access panel door. The FAA said Atlas Air improperly fabricated a panel cover from aluminum sheet metal and affixed it with speed tape over the access door opening. On each of these flights, the panel came off the aircraft enroute and a new panel was fabricated and installed in the same manner at each subsequent stop. The FAA has proposed a civil penalty of $66,000 for those violations.
Atlas Air has 30 days from receipt of the FAA’s enforcement letters to respond to the agency.
The FAA alleges that Atlas Air incorrectly installed a replacement cockpit window on a Boeing 747F, and then operated the aircraft on 49 flights between April 4 and April 27, 2009, when it was not in compliance with those regulations.
The FAA said Atlas Air replaced one of the windows at the first officer’s position, but failed to use the methods, techniques and practices specified in the manufacturer’s maintenance manual or alternate procedures accepted by the FAA for the B-747F. The airline then approved the aircraft for return to service. As a result, the replacement window suffered pressurization leaks while in flight according to multiple reports made by crews operating or maintaining the aircraft. The FAA has proposed a penalty of $506,150 for those violations.
In a second instance, the FAA alleges that on May 14 and 15, 2009, Atlas Air operated a Boeing 747 on international flights from Huntsville, AL, to Glasgow, Scotland, Luxembourg City and back to Huntsville without a required outboard engine pylon access panel door. The FAA said Atlas Air improperly fabricated a panel cover from aluminum sheet metal and affixed it with speed tape over the access door opening. On each of these flights, the panel came off the aircraft enroute and a new panel was fabricated and installed in the same manner at each subsequent stop. The FAA has proposed a civil penalty of $66,000 for those violations.
Atlas Air has 30 days from receipt of the FAA’s enforcement letters to respond to the agency.
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For Immediate Release. May 5, 2010
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Hmmm, well a few times I have had our maintence guys speed tape shut an engine oil access door, until the latch was replaced, however...having a new panel made at each stop, only to have it blow off enroute, is a first that I've ever heard about.
Atlas/Africa....same/same....perhaps.
US operators should absolutely know by now that the FAA is presently on the look-out for maintenance violations...and apparently they are finding them aplenty.
Atlas/Africa....same/same....perhaps.
US operators should absolutely know by now that the FAA is presently on the look-out for maintenance violations...and apparently they are finding them aplenty.
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I think they can afford it!
Atlas Air Q1 beats, says year to top estimatesThe provider of charter freight services to commercial airlines and the U.S. military said net income rose 44 percent to $33.8 million, or $1.30 a diluted share, for the first quarter, from $23.4 million, or $1.12 a share, a year earlier.
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Not the first time at Atlas
November 2005, FO discovered on preflight an access panel missing on the #2 engine pylon. The missing panel wasn't covered in the CDL. No one at Atlas Engineering would generate an Engineering Order approving tape, so the "powers that be" contacted Boeing and got one.
