I am sure most of you saw this on the news yesterday, but for those of you that didn't:
From: http://www.airdisaster.com/news/0600/15/news.html
quote:
Continental Airlines jet crashes into terminal building.
Web posted: 15 June 2000, 12:08am EDT (0408 GMT)
No passengers were aboard the aircraft when it pierced the wall.
The Federal Aviation Administration is trying to determine what caused a Continental Airlines plane to lurch through the wall of a passenger terminal early Wednesday at Newark International Airport.
The nose of the plane broke through the terminal wall about 5 a.m. while mechanics performed a routine engine check, said Continental Airlines spokeswoman Catherine Stengel.
A mechanic inside the cockpit had powered the engine to check the oil quantity when the plane unexpectedly lurched forward and about 20 feet of the aircraft nose broke through the terminal wall, FAA spokesman Jim Peters said.
``The engine had power, and that caused the aircraft to go forward, but we don't know why,'' Peters said.
No passengers were aboard the plane, and no one was injured inside the terminal. Six cleaners aboard the plane and two mechanics were treated at hospitals for bruises and were released.
Authorities were able to dislodge the MD-80 plane from the terminal wall about 2 p.m. and move it to a maintenance hangar, said Steve Coleman, spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates the airport.
The plane's cockpit sustained extensive damage when the nose came through the wall between two columns at a passenger boarding gate.
Because of the damage, several gates were closed Wednesday morning, but Coleman said it did not affect airport operations and there were no delays because of it. He said the extent of the damage had not been determined.
The plane had been scheduled for a 6:30 a.m. flight to Detroit. Another aircraft was substituted, Coleman said.
Now back to more studying here in Week Two of Advanced Ground School, systems, systems, systems, gotta love it.
From: http://www.airdisaster.com/news/0600/15/news.html
quote:
Continental Airlines jet crashes into terminal building.
Web posted: 15 June 2000, 12:08am EDT (0408 GMT)
No passengers were aboard the aircraft when it pierced the wall.
The Federal Aviation Administration is trying to determine what caused a Continental Airlines plane to lurch through the wall of a passenger terminal early Wednesday at Newark International Airport.
The nose of the plane broke through the terminal wall about 5 a.m. while mechanics performed a routine engine check, said Continental Airlines spokeswoman Catherine Stengel.
A mechanic inside the cockpit had powered the engine to check the oil quantity when the plane unexpectedly lurched forward and about 20 feet of the aircraft nose broke through the terminal wall, FAA spokesman Jim Peters said.
``The engine had power, and that caused the aircraft to go forward, but we don't know why,'' Peters said.
No passengers were aboard the plane, and no one was injured inside the terminal. Six cleaners aboard the plane and two mechanics were treated at hospitals for bruises and were released.
Authorities were able to dislodge the MD-80 plane from the terminal wall about 2 p.m. and move it to a maintenance hangar, said Steve Coleman, spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates the airport.
The plane's cockpit sustained extensive damage when the nose came through the wall between two columns at a passenger boarding gate.
Because of the damage, several gates were closed Wednesday morning, but Coleman said it did not affect airport operations and there were no delays because of it. He said the extent of the damage had not been determined.
The plane had been scheduled for a 6:30 a.m. flight to Detroit. Another aircraft was substituted, Coleman said.
Now back to more studying here in Week Two of Advanced Ground School, systems, systems, systems, gotta love it.