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Yahoo
28-05-2025
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Report outlines why Delta flight from Atlanta had to land nose-down in Charlotte
We're now learning why a Delta flight had to make an emergency landing at Charlotte Douglas International Airport without its nose landing gear back in 2023. Channel 2 Action News' sister station Channel 9 WSOC-TV reported when Delta Flight 1092 from Atlanta had to land on its belly; that happened on June 28, 2023. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] The National Transportation Safety Board released its findings this week, and it says a fractured gear in the plane led to the issue. The report says Boeing issued a service bulletin on the part in 2001. After the crash, the part was inspected and had been marked to indicate that the service 'had been performed' in 2009. But according to the report, it's likely that the 'service bulletin was not adequately complied with.' ABC News Aviation Expert John Nance looked at the report with Channel 9 to explain what happened. 'For the nose gear, especially, it's a matter of landing on the means and slowly putting the nose down. This is the type of emergency everybody trains for. It's startling when it occurs, but it's really not lethal,' Nance said. TRENDING STORIES: Did you get a text like this? GA Dept. Of Drivers Services warns it's a scam President Donald Trump to pardon Todd and Julie Chrisley Disabled woman says she's stuck with $900 bill because property owner didn't install wiring right According to the NTSB report, an examination after the crash revealed that the 'landing gear upper lock link failed from a fatigue fracture.' Inspectors say the fatigue cracks were found along scratches 'consistent with tool marks, such as from filing or grinding.' According to the report, the scratches came from a ratchet. Once the cracks had gone a third of the way across, the part broke, and the nose gear wouldn't extend. 'This is basically a metal fatigue situation, this is what the NTSB is so good at, taking a piece of metal that failed and figuring out how it failed. And in this case, if a service bulletin had been followed, this wouldn't have happened,' Nance said. All 104 people on board got off safely. According to FlightAware, the plane is still in service and even flew in and out of CLT Tuesday morning. Delta sent Channel 9 the following statement on Tuesday: "As a result of the investigation Delta ... performed the following safety actions: Completed an inspection of all upper lock links installed on their fleet of Boeing 717 airplanes and all spare lock links in their inventory with no reported crack findings." [SIGN UP: WSB-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
Yahoo
28-05-2025
- Business
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Delta adding new nonstop Saturday flights for the summer to these Florida cities
Planning your summer vacation? Delta Air Lines is making it easier with new nonstop Saturday flights starting in June. Many of the new flights will help people get to popular vacation destinations, such as (ahem) Florida. But Sunshine State residents can use them, too. Nonstop flights to and from Detroit are coming to Pensacola and Destin-Fort Walton, starting on June 8. Both routes will use a Boeing 717, the company said in a release. Other Saturday domestic flights include Atlanta to Bangor, Maine and Rapid City, South Dakota; Detroit to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic and Bozeman, Montana; and Minneapolis-St. Paul to Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The airline added twice-daily nonstop service from Austin to Panama City in March and year-round nonstop service from Austin to Jacksonville in May. Service to Tampa is scheduled to begin in June. Service between Austin and Orlando will increase to twice daily this winter during peak travel season, the company said. Delta also plans to offer new daily flights starting Nov. 6 between the Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport in Panama City and LaGuardia Airport in Queens, New York. In February, Delta announced the airline was adding three new domestic routes on December 20, including one between Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW) in Fort Myers and Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) Atlanta International Airport (ATL) Bangor Internatinal Airport (BGR), from June 8 to Sept. 25, with a Boeing 737-800 Rapid City Regional Airport (RAP), from June 8 to Sept. 25, with a Boeing 737-800 Detroit (DTW) Pensacola International Airport (PNS), from June 8 to Sept. 25, with a Boeing 717 National Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport (VPS), from June 8 to Sept. 25, with a Boeing 717 Punta Cana International Airport (PUJ), from May 10 to Aug. 25, with a Boeing 737-900 Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport (BZN), from June 8 to Sept. 25, with an Airbus A319 Minneapolis-St. Paul (MSP) Jackson Hole (JAC), from June 8 to Sept. 25, with an Airbus A319 Earlier in May, Delta announced it was folding its Basic Economy fare into a new Delta Main category (previously called Main Cabin), which will contain three levels: Delta Main Basic: Roughly the same as Basic Economy, a bare-bones fare with restrictions. Delta Main Classic: Includes options for same-day standby, higher boarding priority and other perks Delta Main Extra: Includes an even better boarding position, more miles per dollar and more Delta Comfort+ will become Delta Comfort, and First Class will be called Delta First. Premium Select, the airline's international-style premium economy service, and its Delta One business class will keep their names. All four categories will have two levels, Classic and Extra. You can get the benefits you've become accustomed to when you book Classic – seat selection, no-fee cancellation and Same-Day Standby,' the airline said in an FAQ section on its website. 'Extra gets you more than Classic or our previous Refundable ticket option. With Extra, you can enjoy full refundability if you decide to cancel, earlier boarding, free Same-Day Confirmed options and more miles earned.' Contributing: Nathan Diller, USA TODAY This article originally appeared on Pensacola News Journal: Delta flights new to Florida include nonstop Pensacola to Detroit
Yahoo
28-05-2025
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NTSB: Alaska Airlines landing gear collapse caused by 'excessive grinding'
May 27 (UPI) -- The National Transportation Safety Board revealed Tuesday that "excessive grinding" during maintenance work is what caused an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-800's left landing gear to collapse during landing, two years ago in Southern California. In its final report, the NTSB determined that "maintenance personnel's excessive grinding of the left main landing gear's aft trunnion pin during machining, which imparted heat damage to the base metal, led to the fatigue cracking that caused the pin to fracture during landing." The plane's left landing gear collapsed on Aug. 20, 2023, as the Alaska Airlines flight from Seattle touched down at John Wayne-Orange County Airport. According to the pilot, it felt like a "firm jolt" and that the left side of the plane "slammed into the runway." None of the 106 passengers and six crew on board were injured. The 737 suffered significant damage to its left wing, which was repaired. The aircraft returned to service four months later. The NTSB report says the fatigue crack "was located along an area with a darker visual contrast following temper etch and metallographic inspections." "Elevated readings and an area of visual contrast were consistent with the area being exposed to higher temperatures becoming softer than the surrounding material," the NTSB said, while adding that the heat exposure "most likely" came from the grinding. The landing gear on the Boeing 737-800 was overhauled in July 2018 and investigators said the crack was not present at that time. MRO specialist Sunvair, in Valencia, Calif., performed the work. Sunvair has since added an additional inspection to its trunnion pin overhaul process. On Tuesday, the NTSB also issued its final report on a Delta Boeing 717, which safely skidded to an emergency landing after its nose landing gear failed to drop on descent into Charlotte, N.C., in June 2023. The NTSB pinned that landing gear failure on a broken support piece, caused by metal fatigue.
UPI
28-05-2025
- Automotive
- UPI
NTSB: Alaska Airlines landing gear collapse caused by 'excessive grinding'
May 27 (UPI) -- The National Transportation Safety Board revealed Tuesday that "excessive grinding" during maintenance work is what caused an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-800's left landing gear to collapse during landing, two years ago in Southern California. In its final report, the NTSB determined that "maintenance personnel's excessive grinding of the left main landing gear's aft trunnion pin during machining, which imparted heat damage to the base metal, led to the fatigue cracking that caused the pin to fracture during landing." The plane's left landing gear collapsed on Aug. 20, 2023, as the Alaska Airlines flight from Seattle touched down at John Wayne-Orange County Airport. According to the pilot, it felt like a "firm jolt" and that the left side of the plane "slammed into the runway." None of the 106 passengers and six crew on board were injured. The 737 suffered significant damage to its left wing, which was repaired. The aircraft returned to service four months later. The NTSB report says the fatigue crack "was located along an area with a darker visual contrast following temper etch and metallographic inspections." "Elevated readings and an area of visual contrast were consistent with the area being exposed to higher temperatures becoming softer than the surrounding material," the NTSB said, while adding that the heat exposure "most likely" came from the grinding. The landing gear on the Boeing 737-800 was overhauled in July 2018 and investigators said the crack was not present at that time. MRO specialist Sunvair, in Valencia, Calif., performed the work. Sunvair has since added an additional inspection to its trunnion pin overhaul process. On Tuesday, the NTSB also issued its final report on a Delta Boeing 717, which safely skidded to an emergency landing after its nose landing gear failed to drop on descent into Charlotte, N.C., in June 2023. The NTSB pinned that landing gear failure on a broken support piece, caused by metal fatigue.
Yahoo
28-05-2025
- Business
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NTSB finds broken support piece on Delta plane's failed landing gear
May 27 (UPI) -- A Delta Air Lines Boeing 717, which made an emergency landing two years ago and skidded "nose down" at North Carolina's Charlotte-Douglas International Airport, could not lower its landing gear because of a fractured support piece, the National Transportation Safety Board revealed in its final report Tuesday. The NTSB announced it had found a metal fatigue crack in the upper lock link, one of the aluminum supports for the landing gear. "The appearance of the scratch features was consistent with tool marks such as from filing or grinding operations," the NTSB said. "These scratch features likely acted as stress concentration areas for crack initiation." According to the NTSB, Boeing and McDonnell Douglas issued an alert in 2001 to inspect all landing gear parts for rough surfaces. The upper lock link that failed in 2023 shows it had been inspected and overhauled in 2009. But, the NTSB said the overhaul by Israel Aerospace Industries did not fully comply with Boeing's service bulletin. That same upper lock link was moved five years later to the impacted Delta Boeing 717, where it remained until it ultimately cracked after 41,257 flights. In response to the NTSB's findings, Boeing issued a new Alert Service Bulletin and more rigorous inspection requirements. No additional cracks have been reported on the Boeing 717 fleet. Delta flight 1092, which originated from Atlanta with 96 passengers and five crew members on board, was forced to make an emergency landing after the nose gear failed to drop on June 28, 2023. As the plane descended toward landing, the pilots received a "nose gear unsafe" indication. "The crew initiated a missed approach procedure to further investigate the indication," Delta said in a statement after the emergency landing. The pilots flew the plane past the airport's air traffic control tower to give controllers a better look at the plane. "That observation indicated that the nose landing gear doors were open, but the nose gear itself remained in the up position," Delta added. The plane landed a few minutes later at a speed of 92 mph and managed to remain on the runway. Firefighters sprayed the plane with water and passengers were evacuated on emergency slides. No one was injured.
