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Hey,, Stewardess,, Gee I think were MISSING sum parts off our Engines on this 737-700,,,,

Reply : Ahhhh ain't nothin' but a Thang,,,,,,,' nuttin' to worry about,,,,,,,,,,


http://www.cbsnews.com/news/southwest-flight-makes-emergency-landing-in-pensacola-after-major-engine-problem/


Southwest flight makes emergency landing in Pensacola after major engine problem:

NEW ORLEANS - A Southwest Airlines flight bound for Orlando, Florida, made an emergency landing Saturday morning due to a major problem with one of its two engines.

Flight 3472 from New Orleans diverted the airplane to Pensacola, Florida, after the pilot detected something had gone wrong with an engine, according to a Southwest statement.

The jet, a Boeing 737-700, landed in Pensacola around 9:40 a.m. CDT with no apparent injuries to the 99 passengers or five crew members on board, according to Southwest.

Pictures taken from the plane and posted online made it appear that part of the engine had blown apart, but Southwest spokesman Chris Mainz said there was no explosion. He said Southwest will work with investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board to determine the cause.

It’s rare for Southwest or any other major airline to have such serious engine trouble, said Michael Boyd, president of airline consulting firm Boyd International.

“It’s a one-off, almost unheard of,” Boyd said Saturday. “Southwest has an outstanding safety record because it spends a lot of money on maintenance.”

After making the emergency landing, the plane was taken of service. Southwest said it was trying to find alternative way to get the passengers aboard the flight to their destinations.

Notice the 2 dzus fasteners on top of the cowling immediately in front of the support. Open before or after the front of the nacelle departed the airplane??? Hmmmmm....

By all accounts the cowling was secure prior to the incident which happened at approx. 31,000ft. For more info on this check out the Aviation Herald website.

A roll of Duct Tape will soon sort that problem out!.... ....!

Paul... ...!

FlexibleFlier wrote:Notice the 2 dzus fasteners on top of the cowling immediately in front of the support. Open before or after the front of the nacelle departed the airplane??? Hmmmmm....

Having changed more 737-800 engines than I care to think about, I can tell you that those to latches have absolutely no connection to the incident. Those two front latches are part of the thumbnail panel that sits on top of the pylon and attach directly to the pylon. Looking at the pictures, I can see that the back plate of the intake cowl is still firmly bolted to the engine flange. What has happened looks to my like structural failure of the whole intake assembly. Why, well that is for the investigators. I can't see any bird remains, so I would count that out. Bearing in mind that the intake cowl is blasted with (if memory serves) 5th stage air for cowl anti icing I would be looking in this direction. Why, well if the cowl anti ice has been used on ground at any time for more than 20 seconds then structural damage could occur due to the heat not being ducted away by the airflow over the outer skin. How could this happen, maintenance, or careless pilots. Another theory, a hidden manufacturing defect that after so many flight hours decided to give up the ghost.....But believe me, those latches had nothing to do with it. The were probably blown open by the force or damaged by impact, because if they were open before, then some passenger would have posted a picture by now or made some social media comment and or gone to the press.

Matt