Human error blamed for door falling from plane
10.12.10
A report into an incident at Southampton Airport in which an engine door fell from a Flybe plane during take-off found human error was to blame. The Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) said that when they recovered the door two of the latches were fully open.
A pilot sitting in a parked plane saw the door thrown upward from the plane as it took off from Southampton Airport. He reported this to air traffic control, who passed the information to the flight crew. They later advised the crew that a panel and other debris had been found on the airfield and the captain returned to Southampton where the aircraft landed without incident.
The report said ‘evidence suggested’ the door on the Dash 8 plane had not been properly shut after maintenance work. Flybe have since launched a safety campaign for aircrew, engineering and ground staff. None of the 40 passengers onboard was injured in the incident on April 22.
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