A Continental Airlines Boeing 767-400ER was forced to make an emergency landing on 15 June because of smoke in the cockpit.
The aircraft, en route from Newark to Sao Paolo, put down in Brazilian capital Brasilia after one of its engine electrical generators failed and a control panel short-circuited.
The 767 landed safely, with no injuries to the 126 passengers and 15 crew. Repairs were carried out and the flight resumed five hours after the landing.
Source: Flight Daily News
American Airlines and United Airlines are resuming flights having been forced to temporarily halt operations as part of the wide-ranging global impact of an IT outage today.
A global technology outage appears to have caused several major US airlines to ground departing aircraft, in addition to creating problems at airports and airlines worldwide that threatens to snarl air traffic.
Boeing has been examining whether slat-track housing drain tubes on 767s require further redesign, after vibration from an engine failure in Scotland caused a tube fracture, resulting in fuel leaking and igniting during flight. The event involved a Delta Air Lines 767-300ER which – as it took off from Edinburgh ...
