According to foreign media reports, on April 4 local time, a Boeing 777 passenger plane of Air France suddenly lost control when it was about to land, and had to stop landing and take off again. The plane finally landed safely on its second attempt to land. Shortly after the incident, the Boeing factory was also exposed to have a production accident, and the production of its new Air Force One jet was interrupted in early 2022. It is reported that two aircraft being manufactured had an accident during load-bearing tests. After inspection, the relevant personnel also found that one Boeing employee involved in the production work did not obtain the qualification, while the other employee failed the drug test.
Air France Boeing passenger plane lost control before landing, and the "second landing" was successful
According to media reports, on April 4 local time, the Boeing 777 passenger plane operating Air France AF011 was about to land. It is reported that the aircraft suddenly lost control when it was only 300 meters above the ground during landing, and the pilot was forced to stop landing and take off again. After trying to restore a 4,000-foot (1,219.2 meters) flight altitude, the plane finally landed safely on its second landing.
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It is reported that the flight took off from New York Kennedy International Airport on the evening of Monday (4th) local time. After a 7-hour flight, it landed at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport . On Tuesday morning (5th) local time, the plane entered , Charles de Gaulle Airport, , and the space traffic control personnel noticed that the plane was deviated to the left. The call records provided by the professional website Air Live show that during the aircraft's out of control, the cockpit alarm and the pilot's voice can be heard. Then, the tower received the pilot's voice "I will call you back!". After
, an Air France spokesman confirmed in a statement that flight AF011 canceled its original landing and took off again due to a technical failure during the landing. After mastering the situation, land normally on the second landing. "
Air France added that the relevant departments, aircraft manufacturers and Air France all regarded the "second landing" as the consequence of the normal handling of the incident. He also said that the crew was regularly trained and all airlines used these procedures to ensure the safety of flights and passengers. A series of operations by the pilots seemed absolutely necessary to Air France. However, a spokesperson for the Boeing declined to comment and suggested asking Air France.
new " Air Force One " encountered a production accident Production interrupted at the beginning of this year
In addition to the "second landing" incident in Air France, the Boeing factory was also exposed to production accidents. According to US media reports, people familiar with the matter said that earlier this year, a new "Air Force One" jet of Boeing also interrupted production due to factory problems.
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"Air Force One" is a US presidential special plane, known as "Flying White House ", Boeing has been providing air transport services to previous U.S. presidents since 1943, and the U.S. government is also a major customer of Boeing. This batch of highly confidential aircraft was modified from a Boeing 747-8 passenger plane and is also a military model numbered by the US military as VC-25B.
According to people familiar with the matter, during the production process of the new Air Force One aircraft earlier this year, Boeing The crew tried to transfer one of the two aircraft from a scaffold to jack , but the weight of the aircraft far exceeded the load-bearing capacity of the jack, which inevitably made people worry that the incident would cause some damage to the aircraft.
But the US Air Force later stated that the load-bearing test accident did not cause any damage to the aircraft. However, after investigating the accident, investigators discovered other violations, including one of the investors. The Boeing employees who tested did not have relevant regulatory qualifications, staff did not comply with established procedures, and one employee failed to pass drug tests after the accident. The Boeing employees in charge of the pinch operation had relevant work experience, but did not have experience in supervising similar projects. An Air Force spokesperson said that the contractor management agency of the Pentagon formally asked Boeing to improve its operations, "reasons were insufficient documents, procedures and training.""The Air Force spokesman added, "The situation has now been corrected and actions have been taken to prevent similar incidents from happening again. ”
It is reported that Boeing and the US Department of Defense are negotiating the delivery time of the new "Air Force One" jet.
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