Near miss Delta landing in EZE
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Near miss Delta landing in EZE
Local Argentine newspaper reports that flight DL101 of Delta damaged a wing (see picture) while trying to land in bad storm in EZE, and ended up lifting again and going to Montevideo.
Un avión de Delta casi se estrella al intentar aterrizar en Ezeiza en medio de la tormenta - lanacion.com *
Un avión de Delta casi se estrella al intentar aterrizar en Ezeiza en medio de la tormenta - lanacion.com *
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Strange failure. Looks like something failed at the inboard edge of the slat while it was deployed. Probably ripped off when accelerating on the missed approach.
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An article in today's La Nacion suggests the damage was noticed by passengers before the landing was aborted and that cabin crew informed the flight crew.
"Se vieron chispazos en el ala", dijo uno de los pasajeros del avión de Delta - lanacion.com
"Se vieron chispazos en el ala", dijo uno de los pasajeros del avión de Delta - lanacion.com
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If the Pax/ witness report can be trusted he says :
which means he saw sparks (when flaps were lowered) and a piece of the slats breaking due to the pressure.
se vieron chispazos y que parte de las chapas del ala cedían por la presión.
It's possible that the storm and the slat damage are not related. We once found similar slat damage on arrival that must have occurred at the previous station. I seem to remember that the cause was put down to maintenance testing the slats while the fuel truck was under the wing.
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Yes, that is more likely. I would imagine that a skin punctured at the previous station would cause sparks as it gave way and flapped against the hinge under pressure once deployed.
Two tidbits from AV Herald:
- "Passengers reported seeing sparks, possibly lightning, and a part flying off the right hand wing."
- By Jennifer on Wednesday, Jan 22nd 2014 15:32Z
My dad was on this flight and he saw the part of the wing fly off. There were no injuries. The pilots said it was caused by extreme turbulence and excessive wind shear which was pushing the plane upward thank goodness. This also increased the speed and the pilots had no way of slowing it down. Due to the speed the wing flap, which was sticking up in preparation for landing, was detached. They were able to make it to Uruguay without a problem and they were scheduled to fly back into Buenos Aries once another plane can fly there and pick them up. Delta does not normally fly into Uruguay
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If none of the other slats are damaged, then it supports a pre-existing or impact damage scenario. It would be a relatively unusual place for a lightning strike, but that could be another factor in the localised nature of the damage.
What about the other wing, daikilo?