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The Delta 737 rolled off a taxiway early Tuesday morning.
March 13th, 2012
07:00 AM ET
Delta jetliner rolls off taxiway during test
A Delta Airlines jetliner veered off a taxiway during maintenance testing at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport early Tuesday, causing significant damage to the aircraft, an airline spokesman said. No one was injured, he said.
"Mechanics testing the engines of a Boeing 737-700 this morning experienced a problem with the plane’s braking system," Delta spokesman Eric Torbenson said.
The plane left a taxiway near 8 Right at the airport, he said, and rolled partially down an embankment.
There were no passengers aboard, a spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administration said.
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That's the new lawn mowers in Atlanta . No wonder it cost so much to fly on Dela
It's a good idea to test the brakes first from now on.
And how do you propose they test them without rolling the plane? This WAS a maintenance test after all.
Pilots do test the brakes before taking off (most of the time). Unless they're asked to do a rolling takeoff (starting in motion and continuing in motion from the taxiway), they normally keep the brakes on while they spool up the engines. If they get much movement, they are supposed to power back and have the brakes inspected. Not sure exactly how the mechanics are trained procedurally.
The good news was the pilot had Nationwide insurance so his coffee never spilled during his accident.
I wonder why they could not stop it using thrust reversal. Maybe they realized too late.
Thurst reversers are only good above a certain speed. If you used it too slow you could damage the engines due to no airflow and you could even tip the plane backwards. No the brakes were the right thing to use, however I agree they should have been tested first.
I doubt the Mechanics were thinking that quick. They probably just kept hitting the brakes. I'm willing to bet that this 'Brake problem' will turn out to be human error after it is investigated. People will say a lot of things to avoid responsibility for trashing a whole airplane. And to Ted....What are you talking about? I have personally marshaled many large passenger jets out of airport gates from a full stop while the pilots used reverse thrust only.
Normally when you test an engine you are parked with the brakes on. So I'm sure the brakes was working but when they went full thrust the brakes couldn't hold it. How do you test the brakes if the plane is not moving. Also I believe they were testing it at the end of the runway so if it went forward they had no other place to go!!
Actually, the speed isn't the issue with thrust reversers... Youtube DC-9 Powerback to see that some jets can actually push back from the gate with TR, although a discontinued practice because of fuel burn/cost.
The issue on planes with low-slung engines using thrust reverse at low speed is two-fold: FOD (sucking in debris and ruining the engine), and putting the airplane onto its tail if too much reverse is used.
Really not joke worthy! My brother is a mechanic for Delta in Atlanta and am hoping he wasn't one of the mechanics.
Judging from your comment I think it may be likely he was involved in that little accident.
Something bad happened to a major corporation where no one was injured. It's fair game all around for jokes. I do hope your brother wasn't in charge of this plane's braking system. Outside of that, that's the only emotion I feel aside from giggling.
Guess the pilot forgot about reverse thrusters too. I think they're gonna need a new test pilot...and new plane.
To those talking about the pilot...read again, there was no pilot! The plane was being taxied by mechanics. You only need a pilot when you intend to fly the plane. Mechanics in Atlanta are required to have a Taxi License which is an airplane version of a drivers license to operate an aircraft on one of the worlds busiest airports.
I guess you forgot about the part where it was mechanics and not pilots taxiing the aircraft. This is a very common practice at all airlines.
Delta.
It figures.
In his defense, he thought it was the brake.
Must have been one of those bad fitting floor mats
That has happened to me. I hate those things.
So my first question is why weren't wheel chocks in place and did the maintenance crew not have any indication of emergency brake pressure before pushing the throttles above idle?
Emergency brakes? What are you talking about?
Wheel chocks are used in the engine test run-up area at eh maintenance hangar, NOT on an "active" taxiway.
i didnt know a plane could role
roll
Price increase coming!
Whoops...Hate when that happens!
This would not have happened if George Kennedy was at the controls.
LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so true !
"Nice goin', sweetheart!"
Surely you can't be serious.
"Looks like I picked the wrong day to stop sniffing glue..."
Looks more like Ted Kennedy was driving.