Delta off the taxiway in Atlanta
Sky News just reporting a Delta 737 off the taxiway at KATL. Pictures looks like its rolled down a slight bank but should be recoverable.
Any other news on how it happened? |
On BBC news it say's only crew onboard, testing the brakes apparently. The newreader has just wondered out loud what the conclusion might be...
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The aircraft looks undamaged at first glance... If the LG is not damaged, they may be able to winch it back up the slope, or lift it with a crane and put it back on the taxi way or apron.
No big deal in my opinion :p |
Seems like a fairly sigificant angle, hope all are safe and no carpet dancing ensues.
Overhead Bin - Delta 737 rolls off taxiway into embankment at Atlanta airport; no passengers on board |
Are wheels usually chocked for engine tests, or does one taxi during various engine tests?
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Guess we'll have to modify the old saying -
Fuel in the truck Colonel as a navigator Airspace above you Taxiway behind you |
The brake failure during a maintenance test is an all too familiar story. I can readily think of incidents in the past with the 727 at ANC and EWR. And, of course, the infamous A340 incident at Toulouse.
CNN just had a live web page feed of the recovery efforts. The resolution was not that great but it appears a crew is attempting to secure lines to the landing gear to tow the plane back up onto the taxiway. A larger crew of supervisors is watching at the edge of the hill. |
testing the brakes apparently... |
"I thought you turned the hydraulics on". :confused:
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"I thought you turned the hydraulics on". Do the late model '73's still have these two legacy hydraulic systems? |
It was mechanics....
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One of them did say he needed to drive down the bank first thing this morning....
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Some more pictures here:
That left engine looks like it will need a little repair... |
That'll buff right out.
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Did someone forget to bring the biscuits..........:\
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MPA runs can be dangerous as I suspect this is what they were doing. They may have had the aircraft pointed into the wind for this purpose as opposed to inline with the taxiway. Just my bit of specutlation but a wet taxiway, brakes set, light weight aircraft, opposing engine set to 60% N1, tested engine advances to max N1. The aircraft breaks away and you can not spool down quick enough to regain control.
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Looking at the pictures above suggests that it may be quite possible that the engines chewed quite a bit of FOD as they munched their way down the embankment.
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The jet has been removed from the slope using a crane with a sling under the forward section. A spokesman for DL reported stated that the aircraft will "undergo a thorough mechanical inspection". You think? :rolleyes:
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Many moons ago at LGW and a brake test on a 1-11 engineer at controls, pilot sitting in cabin.
Trouble was they were taxiing into a headwind and guess what happened? It was an uphill struggle I can tell you for that pilot (couldn't have happened to a better bloke!) to get into the cockpit and do a very very quick circuit and land the thing. It was rumoured that it ran out of fuel on the landing run but I can't confirm that. |
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