The UK Air Accident Investigation Branch has confirmed that the fan cowl doors were left unlatched post maintenance on the plane, that lead to the incident of Flight BA762. During take off, the cowls were lost on both engines, resulting in a punctured a fuel pipe in the right-hand engine - as well as the plane landing with the cowling's gone. The plane returned to … [Read more...]
Trip Report – If you’re going to San Francisco – SFO MegaDO 2008
Trip Report - If you're going to San Francisco - SFO MegaDO 2008 Yes - it's another redux trip report! This trip report originally was posted on FlyerTalk in October 2008 (before this blog even was a blink in my mind). Once again - I've tarted it up a bit, and added some more supporting content that wasn't there last time and just made it a bit more readable. I'm … [Read more...]