British Airways B772 enroute on Mar 9th 2024, dropped fairing in flight

Last Update: August 8, 2024 / 16:03:23 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 9, 2024

Classification
Incident

Airline
British Airways

Flight number
BA-2262

Departure
Kingston, Jamaica

Destination
London Gatwick, United Kingdom

Aircraft Registration
G-YMMG

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200

ICAO Type Designator
B772

A British Airways Boeing 777-200, registration G-YMMG performing flight BA-2262 (dep Mar 8th) from Kingston (Jamaica) to London Gatwick,EN (UK) with 272 passengers and 12 crew, completed a seemingly uneventful flight with a safe landing at Gatwick.

The AAIB however reported that the Outboard Auxiliary Support Fairing (OASF) was missing from the right wing and the primary attachment bracket was found to have failed. The fairing was not recovered.

On Aug 8th 2024 the AAIB released their bulletin stating:

The attachment of the OASF was the subject of the aircraft manufacturer’s Service Bulletin 777-57-0055 from January 2007 and the current revision 3 was issued in May 2014. The SB provides instructions for a one-time inspection of the attachments of the OASF as cracking had been discovered on some aircraft, which could lead to a loss of the fairing.

Previous inspection

Both fairing attachments on the incident aircraft were inspected in accordance with the SB in June 2010 and cracks were found on the left-wing fairing. The aircraft was modified as per the SB and returned to service. The right-wing fairing was the original equipment fitted to the aircraft and no cracks were detected at the time of the inspection.

The AAIB reported following safety actions were taken:

As a consequence of this loss of the fairing, the operator initiated a fleet wide inspection programme to re-inspect the fairing attachments. This will be accomplished when the aircraft are scheduled for a suitable maintenance interval. The operator reported no further findings to-date but the inspections are on-going.

The manufacturer has limited information on the findings from the SB inspections as there was not a requirement to report them. From the reports received they do not consider any further action is required at this time, but it will remain under review as part of the continued airworthiness program.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 9, 2024

Classification
Incident

Airline
British Airways

Flight number
BA-2262

Departure
Kingston, Jamaica

Destination
London Gatwick, United Kingdom

Aircraft Registration
G-YMMG

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200

ICAO Type Designator
B772

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