Dozens of passenger jet engine cover failures have happened over the past 30 years. Though a couple of those incidents turned more serious, none resulted in injuries.
The jet landed safely and none of the 182 passengers and crew onboard was injured. The passengers were rebooked on another flight.
The Alaska incident was the second such failure on a Boeing 737 in the U.S. this month. On a Southwest Airlines flight from Orlando, Florida, on Aug. 12, the same covers ripped off as the jet landed in St. Louis. Again, no one was injured.
The maintenance and preflight check procedures will certainly be the initial focus of an ongoing investigation by both Alaska Airlines and the Federal Aviation Administration into Monday’s event. The FAA said it is also investigating the earlier incident in St. Louis. In contrast, the latch on the Airbus fan cowl doors is in the center of the underside of the pod and can be inspected only by crawling under it.Unlike the heavy duty material used for the inlet cowl at the front end of a jet engine pod, which is designed to contain a fan blade breaking off, the fan cowl doors are made from relatively thin aluminum.
The fuel leak ignited an engine fire in flight. After landing, passengers evacuated on escape slides.
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