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LH423 From Canada, joined Jul 1999, 6501 posts, RR: 55
Posted (13 years 1 month 3 weeks 2 days 22 hours ago) and read 1819 times:

Yesterday a Delta Shuttle, Fl 1827, 727 departing BOS on a scheduled 930 departure to LaGuardia lost a landing gear door shortly after take-off. Apparently the door fell off, and landed in a residential neighbourhood near the airport. This reminds me of a while bach when a British Airways 747 lost a part of a flap or stabilizer on final approach, also near BOS. Makes you want to watch the sky more carfully, huh?

LH423

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Tom in NO From United States of America, joined Nov 1999, 7194 posts, RR: 40
Reply 1, posted (13 years 1 month 3 weeks 2 days 22 hours ago) and read 1691 times:

At MSY, we had a DL 757 in a couple of months ago that had flown all day without it right main wheel strut gear door. Pilot claimed it flew OK, and they'd get one on when they got to ATL or DFW.

Makes you wonder what else they've left off the MEL.

Tom in NO (at MSY)

"The criminal ineptitude makes you furious"-Bruce Springsteen, after seeing firsthand the damage from Hurricane Katrina

Lax2000 From United States of America, joined May 1999, 541 posts, RR: 0
Reply 2, posted (13 years 1 month 3 weeks 2 days 21 hours ago) and read 1683 times:

Hey, dosnt JETPILOT fly that route for DELTA, or is he USAIRWAYS

USAirways737 From United States of America, joined Jan 2000, 1026 posts, RR: 1
Reply 3, posted (13 years 1 month 3 weeks 2 days 21 hours ago) and read 1673 times:

About a year ago a peice of a NW DC9 fell off the plane when it was on approach to MSP. It turned out that the peice landed right where a woman was gardening minutes before. Very scary knowing that pieces of planes could fly out of the sky and decapitate you at any moment.

Stlbham From United States of America, joined May 1999, 443 posts, RR: 0
Reply 4, posted (13 years 1 month 3 weeks 2 days 18 hours ago) and read 1659 times:

There was also the case at Midway I believe when a DC-9 lost one of its tires and hit a pregnant ladies car. She was very scared but for the most part I believe she was unhurt.

I believe JETPILOT is with US AIRWAYS. He was a FE on the 727.

Regards

Brian

TrnsWrld From United States of America, joined exactly 14 years ago today! , 763 posts, RR: 0
Reply 5, posted (13 years 1 month 3 weeks 2 days 18 hours ago) and read 1650 times:

To you guys that said its very scary to be outside knowing you can get hit by a piece of airplane. LOL well I think theres a lot more stuff in life I would be scared about other than getting hit by a piece of an airplane. I bet one would have better odds of winning the lottery than getting belted by a landing gear door. HAHAHA
From what you guys said, it sounds like if you wanna have the best chances of being hit by something like this, go stand out by Atlanta with all them Delta jets.

Woodsboy From United States of America, joined Mar 2000, 1011 posts, RR: 3
Reply 6, posted (13 years 1 month 3 weeks 2 days 3 hours ago) and read 1633 times:

When I was an ops agent for Alaska Airlines I got to see the MEL/CDLs for all the incoming aircraft (as one would expect) and started seeing paterns like almost all of the 737-200 fleet were missing main landing gear strut doors, flap track doors etc. AT least half the MD-80s and 737-400s were missing flap track doors as part of the CDL list, not to mention MELs regularly including landing gear doors (both main and nose). I am wondering if these things fall off more often than we think or if they remove them during maintenance for some reason or another??

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