CA1921 maintenance issue caught on camera in flight
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True, there are fasteners missing / loose and they need to be replaced / secured, but, there's no reason to ground the aircraft until this routine and simple rectification has been completed.
Last edited by Krystal n chips; 9th Jul 2022 at 17:17.
Maybe go easy on the outrage in the meantime ...
According to SimplyFlying the flight occurred on July 7 of this year. Had it come off it was being the engines so the risk of ingesting into the engine were non-existing. Contact with the horizontal stabilers would be a possibility.
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Line engineers are also thorough.
Having read the criteria in your link, I can't see any that would be considered applicable to ground the aircraft. If I had found the missing fasteners, I would have inspected the rest of the fairing and, if the rest were secure and intact, would have raised a defect before certifying the aircraft..
Not being pedantic, but, I do feel it's being alarmist to say the aircraft would have been grounded when there's no reason for this and the aircraft can still be operated...safely
I think both arguments are essentially correct - assuming the defect is not recorded (and pax have no way of knowing this), a SAFA inspector could well ground the aircraft until it’s rectified or recorded if one carried out an inspection.
From an Engineering perspective, it’s probable that the aircraft could be released with the missing/loose fasteners - although this should be recorded as K&C has posted
From an Engineering perspective, it’s probable that the aircraft could be released with the missing/loose fasteners - although this should be recorded as K&C has posted