2024-04-16 16:28:15
An American airliner Southwest Airlines had to turn around on Sunday and land, without problems, in Denver (Colorado), because an engine cover came off during takeoff, the Federal Civil Aviation Agency (FAA).
According to a statement, flight 3695 Southwest Airlines, operated with a Boeing 737-800, returned to Denver International Airport “after the crew detected the fall, during takeoff, of an engine cowling that impacted the wing flaps” of the plane.
The flaps are the devices located on the edge of the wing that allow, when changing position, to increase the air resistance surface and collaborate in the support of the device or its resistance.
The plane, which had taken off on Sunday for Houston, was towed to the terminal as soon as it landed on the runway again, the agency added. FAA, who will investigate the incident. No passengers were injured, he said. Southwest in a statement sent to CNN.
“We apologize for the inconvenience related to the delays, but we give the highest priority to the security of our customers and our employees,” declared the company, quoted by the chain.
According to ABC News, the company called the incident a “mechanical problem” and added that the passengers were split up on other flights. CNN, ABC and other American media broadcast videos recorded by passengers in which what appears to be part of an engine hood can be seen shaking in the wind.
Boeing declined to comment on the incident and, for now, Southwest did not answer. The American giant Boeing has been in the eye of the hurricane for years, after two accidents that occurred
in 2018 and 2019 with a death toll of more than 350, and several quality and safety problems on its planes.
At the beginning of January, a blind door of a Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 It broke off in mid-flight. Last month, US aviation regulators gave Boeing 90 days to present a plan to fix quality control problems with its aircraft. /AFP
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