A United Airlines jet veered off the runway in Houston, Texas, on Friday, causing a tire to fall off, the latest incident in a week of safety incidents for the airline involving all Boeing jets. . burning engine And the controls are said to be “stuck.”
The Boeing 737 Max 8 plane, carrying 160 passengers and six crew members, was landing at George Bush Intercontinental Airport on Friday morning when it “left the sidewalk and entered the grass” as it exited the runway to the gate. This was revealed by an airport official in an interview.
In a separate statement, United Airlines said, “After landing, UA2477 exited the taxiway and entered a grassy area.Customers deplaned using the pneumatic stairs and were being transported to the terminal by bus.”All passengers are safe. he added.
A tire fell off a United Airlines passenger plane seconds after takeoff from San Francisco International Airport on Thursday. The tire, one of six on the left main landing gear assembly, fell into the staff parking lot and struck a car, breaking the rear window before crashing through a fence and rolling to a stop.
An airport spokeswoman said there were no injuries and the Japan-bound Boeing 777, carrying 235 passengers and 14 crew members, later landed safely in Los Angeles. The US Federal Aviation Administration announced it would investigate.
United Airlines said it “quickly arranged” a new plane to bring the passengers to Osaka and arranged it late Thursday night.
“We would like to thank the pilots and cabin crew for their professionalism in handling this situation. We would also like to thank the team on the ground who were on hand with tugs to move the aircraft immediately after landing, and the team on the ground who supported our customers upon arrival.” We would also like to thank our airport teams for their support,” United Airlines said in a statement. “We will continue to work with our customers as well as owners of damaged vehicles in SFO to ensure our customers’ needs are met.”
The tire incident itself comes less than a week after passengers on a United Airlines flight from Houston, Texas, to Fort Myers, Florida, witnessed orange flames spewing from one of the plane’s engines 20 minutes after takeoff. It happened to me. The Boeing 737-900 made a safe emergency landing at George Bush Intercontinental Airport.
The accident appears to have been caused by a stalled compressor, which occurs when the airflow inside the engine is disrupted and a backfire occurs, but “the engine itself did not catch fire,” NBC News reported.
On Thursday, the National Transportation Safety Board released a preliminary report on the Feb. 6 accident that said the pilot of a Boeing 737 Max 8 suffered a controller failure while attempting to land. According to CNN, the pilots reported that the rudder pedals “stuck” during the landing deployment.
Boeing declined to answer questions and referred comment to United Airlines.
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Alan Price, a former chief pilot for Delta Air Lines, told The Associated Press that loose tires are usually maintenance-related, not the manufacturer’s fault.
John Cox, a former pilot and professor of aviation safety at the University of Southern California, expressed similar sentiments, telling the Associated Press, “It was United’s maintenance team that changed the tire, so there was no impact on Boeing.” I don’t think so,” he said.
Nevertheless, these incidents are Boeing’s latest safety problems and have caused a public relations headache for the aviation giant. During an Alaska Airlines flight on January 5th, the door plug of a nearly new 737 Max 9 flew off, forcing it to make an emergency landing. A preliminary report from safety officials found that four key bolts were missing.
The incident reignited concerns about the safety of Boeing’s large jets after two Max 8 jets crashed in 2018 and 2019, killing 346 people.
