Investigation in to ‘violent’ easyJet flight decent
17.01.09
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has said that it is assisting the UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) in a probe of a ‘violent’ pitch-down by an easyJet Boeing 737-700 during a non-revenue flight over East Anglia on the afternoon of January 12.
According to an NTSB preliminary incident report, the 737 was carrying four flight crew when a ‘violent pitch down during flight’ occurred. Although the pilots recovered the aircraft and landed normally, it exceeded its maximum operating speed (VMO) by 100kt (185km/h) and lost 10,000ft (3000m) of altitude during the incident. No-one was injured.
In a statement easyJet said: ‘We can confirm that we are working with the AAIB regarding an occurrence over the North Sea involving easyJet test flight, EZY8010 from Southend to Stansted - which diverted to Southend, on the afternoon of 12 January 2009.'
'We can also confirm that the only people onboard the aircraft were the Captain, the First Officer and two observers. The Boeing 737-700 was being tested as part of the hand-back procedure to its leasing company. At this stage we can not provide any additional details on the occurrence as we are collaborating with the AAIB’.
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