Date: | Tuesday 13 March 2012 |
Time: | 05:00 |
Type: | Boeing 737-732 (WL) |
Owner/operator: | Delta Air Lines |
Registration: | N309DE |
MSN: | 29634/3031 |
Year of manufacture: | 2009 |
Engine model: | CFMI CFM56-7B24 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
Category: | OT |
Location: | Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, GA (ATL) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | - |
Departure airport: | - |
Destination airport: | - |
Confidence Rating: | |
Narrative:A Boeing 737-732 (WL) passenger plane sustained substantial damage when it rolled off a taxiway during an engine test at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, GA (ATL).
Mechanics were testing the engines of the Boeing 737-700 when they experienced a problem with the plane's braking system. The plane ran off the end of a taxiway adjacent to runway 26L and over an embankment near the northeast corner of the airfield.
Sources:
USA Today Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Seattle-Boeing Field International Airport, WA (BFI/KBFI); September 2009
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