Frontier Airbus "blasted" engine...!?
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Frontier Airbus "blasted" engine...!?
An amazing picture indeed...some hours ago between Tampa and Vegas 
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LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — A Frontier flight from Las Vegas to Tampa, Florida, had to return to the airport after an engine cover came off of the aircraft, according to an airline spokesperson.
Frontier Flight 260 took off from McCarran International Airport with a scheduled 7 a.m. departure time, but it had to return for an "engine concern," said Christine Crews with Clark County Aviation.
The flight landed back at McCarran just after 7:25 a.m. with no reports of injuries. Crews said 166 people were on board the plane, an Airbus A320.
Frontier's website listed the flight as canceled, with an originally scheduled arrival time of 2:17 EST at Tampa International Airport.
In a statement, Frontier said a cowling, or engine cover, came loose and pilots immediately returned to McCarran.
"The engine continued to operate normally and the aircraft, an Airbus 320, landed safely," the statement reads. "Safety is our top priority at Frontier Airlines and we would like to acknowledge the professionalism of our pilots and flight attendants. We are working to get our passengers to their destinations as quickly as possible.”
Frontier Flight 260 took off from McCarran International Airport with a scheduled 7 a.m. departure time, but it had to return for an "engine concern," said Christine Crews with Clark County Aviation.
The flight landed back at McCarran just after 7:25 a.m. with no reports of injuries. Crews said 166 people were on board the plane, an Airbus A320.
Frontier's website listed the flight as canceled, with an originally scheduled arrival time of 2:17 EST at Tampa International Airport.
In a statement, Frontier said a cowling, or engine cover, came loose and pilots immediately returned to McCarran.
"The engine continued to operate normally and the aircraft, an Airbus 320, landed safely," the statement reads. "Safety is our top priority at Frontier Airlines and we would like to acknowledge the professionalism of our pilots and flight attendants. We are working to get our passengers to their destinations as quickly as possible.”
Are those witness marks on the leading edge of the sharklet? Or is it simply a reflection or part of the paint scheme?
I wouldn't expect engine bits to get that far outboard, but sometimes the airflow does funny things.
I wouldn't expect engine bits to get that far outboard, but sometimes the airflow does funny things.
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lower " mark" appears to be a nav light
upper paint leading edge on sharklet may just be ' wear' under magnification
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The fan cowl door on the CFM56 overlaps the thrust reverser door by an inch or two, so if it was the reverser doors that opened first they would likely take the fan cowl doors with them.
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Either way its a double dose of carelessness, once by mtce not securing it properly and again by the crew not checking properly during the walkaround. These incidents keep happening despite regular warnings to inspect the fixings before flight.
Aye, they do. God knows I’ve opened, and shut properly, a few. I doubt this time the C-ducts were not latched, can’t tell from the pictures if the fan was or not. Guessing from the lack of fan cowl bottoms, probably was latched.
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In my humble opinion the C-ducts were not latched correctly, and I am not sure if the fan cowls were. However, if I was to venture a guess, I think they were latched correctly. This is only my opinion, and purely based on working on 320s for 20 years. Back to reading for Iain.