AAIB report on Bristol Airport flight problems
26.02.08
Engineers at Bristol Airport had not received proper training when they let a flight take off with damaged landing gear, a report by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) said. The engineers maintaining the aircraft at Bristol had not received adequate training in the use of the computer software supporting the operator's aircraft manuals.
The Thomas Cook Airlines A320 flight from Cyprus had landed heavily at Bristol Airport during strong winds in November 2006. The next day it was allowed to take off for Lanzarote, but the wheels failed to retract and the plane was diverted to Manchester.
The plane was then released for a non-revenue ferry flight to Bristol, but after take off, the landing gear failed to retract again and the plane had to return to Manchester. It was only after this final landing at Manchester that the ‘substantial damage’ to its landing gear was discovered.
Listing a series of mistakes, the AAIB issued recommendations to tighten procedures following the incidents in November 2006.
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