The Big News this week is video clips of the 1006 US Airways flight that caught fire at Denver Airport yesterday.
The American Airlines 1006 passenger flight was to be held on a two -hour flight from Colorado Springs to Dallas Fort Worth, where Colorado Springs leaves at the time specified at 16:37 local time. There were six crew and 172 passengers.
With the boarding of the plane, about twenty minutes after the flight, the flight crew at FL160 (16,000 feet) settled and reported that the engine number 2 (right) was reported.
They went back and turned to Denver, Colorado, passing through Colorado Springs along the way. Denver is proud of the longest runway for public use in North America, at a height of 16,000 feet.
As they approached Denver, the journey crew confirmed that they are not announcing the state of emergency.
ATC: American 1006, just to verify, not the state of emergency, right?
AA1006: No, we just have a great vibration of the engine, so we sail slower than usual.
The plane landed safely at 17:15 at the Denver 16r runway and pressed the apron. When they approached the C38 gate to distort the travelers, the right engine was fire.
Steve Shelsky This wonderful picture of the passengers was taken on the left wing.
Below are video clips of the fire from the station:
Twelve passengers were transferred to the hospital with slightly injured during the evacuation.
The thirteen-year-old plane, Boeing 737-800, registered in the United States as N885nn, has CFM56-7B engines, used exclusively by Boeing. I found this three-minute video by CFM International on the interior of the CFM56-7B to be very useful.
You may want to turn off the sound on this audio (someone collected a musical degree not adding anything):
Finally, this news report shows a video of passengers at the beginning (and repeated peripheral videos, with good reports of simple flights):
There are unconfirmed reports of oil or fuel leakage, which somehow ignited with their arrival to the situation. A similar incident occurred in 2007, when China Airlines Flight 120 caught fire at the gate, after the engines were closed. The investigation distorted that the boundary was punctured the right fuel tank, causing fuel leakage after that when the fuel touched with high temperature areas on the engine after the plane stopped.
In this case, the researchers tested another 737-800 to determine the surface temperatures that can ignite fuel. This was The registered temperatures after closing the taxi and engine:
Exhaust plug: 90-190 ° C (194-374 degrees Fahrenheit)
Director of the exit: 190 ° C-25 ° C (374-482 degrees Fahrenheit)
Exhaust gas: 300 degrees -340 ° C (572-644 degrees Fahrenheit)
These temperatures will also be correct for the plane participating in the accident yesterday.
Boeing 737-800 has inflatable slices in the front doors and morals. In the video, you can see posting the back slide. The left slide was obstructed at the front of the plane by the jet bridge, which is supposed to lead to passengers at the front of the plane that was evacuated over the wing.
The panels are usually adjusted at 40 degrees in order to help passengers slip to the ground but the closure of the engines is supposed to be a priority, which would have left the plane without hydraulic.
Another image of Steve Shelsky praises the quick response to the ground crew that set fire to the dry chemical fire vehicle:
US Airlines confirmed that the flight witnessed a “engine related case” and an alternative plane that flew to Denver today.