American B752 near New York on Oct 1st 2012, another seat row loose
Last Update: October 2, 2012 / 08:16:49 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 1, 2012
Classification
Incident
Airline
American Airlines
Flight number
AA-443
Departure
New York JFK, United States
Destination
Miami, United States
Aircraft Registration
N639AA
Aircraft Type
Boeing 757-200
ICAO Type Designator
B752
A replacement Boeing 757-200 registration N686AA reached Miami with a delay of 3:50 hours.
The FAA have opened an investigation reporting that the airline has found additional aircraft showing the same issue. In all these cases maintenance had been done to the aircraft with the seats being removed and subsequently re-installed. It appears the seats were not propery secured upon re-installation by maintenance personnel.
The airline reported that a maintenance team has been flown out of Tulsa to New York to examine all 8 other aircraft that may have the same problem. An internal investigation is under way to check whether there is an issue with a certain model of the seat and how they fit into the tracking to secure the seats. The seats had been installed by American Airlines and contract maintenance, the issue does not appear to be tied to a particular maintenance facility or work group.
Two days earlier another American Boeing 757-200 had the same issue, see Incident: American B752 near New York on Sep 29th 2012, seat row has screws loose.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 1, 2012
Classification
Incident
Airline
American Airlines
Flight number
AA-443
Departure
New York JFK, United States
Destination
Miami, United States
Aircraft Registration
N639AA
Aircraft Type
Boeing 757-200
ICAO Type Designator
B752
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