Plane Nation » 767 http://www.planenation.com News about commerical aviation Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:14:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 ‘Significant’ Cracks on Boeing 767 Spur Expanded Jet Checks http://www.planenation.com/2011/10/07/boeing/significant-cracks-on-boeing-767-spur-expanded-jet-checks.htm http://www.planenation.com/2011/10/07/boeing/significant-cracks-on-boeing-767-spur-expanded-jet-checks.htm#comments Sat, 08 Oct 2011 04:56:44 +0000 Braniff http://www.planenation.com/?p=863

United Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, American Airlines and other U.S. carriers may need to inspect their Boeing 767s twice as often after one operator found “significant crack sizes” sooner than expected.

Airlines should inspect 417 of the twin-engine jets after 2,000 flight cycles or 6,000 flight hours, double the current requirement, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a proposal to be published in the Federal Register next week.

The FAA is proposing heightened scrutiny of the wing skin after cracks as large as a half-inch (1.3 centimeters) were found on either side of a fastener hole on a plane that had 18,900 flight cycles and 89,500 total flight hours.

Incoming search terms:

  • cracks boeing 767 (1)
  • google 767 jet (1)

Similar Posts:

]]> http://www.planenation.com/2011/10/07/boeing/significant-cracks-on-boeing-767-spur-expanded-jet-checks.htm/feed 0 American Airlines completed the first flight of a Boeing 767-300ER with blended winglets http://www.planenation.com/2009/03/09/news/american-airlines-completed-the-first-flight-of-a-boeing-767-300er-with-blended-winglets.htm http://www.planenation.com/2009/03/09/news/american-airlines-completed-the-first-flight-of-a-boeing-767-300er-with-blended-winglets.htm#comments Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:31:57 +0000 Braniff http://www.planenation.com/?p=361

American Airlines today completed the first flight of a Boeing 767-300ER with blended winglets supplied by Aviation Partners Boeing.

Flight 78 left Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport on 8 March at 8:35 p.m. with 204 passengers onboard, landing ahead of schedule on 9 March at London Heathrow.

American is the launch customer for the 11ft tall blended winglets on the 767-300ER, and APB partner GKN during the 2008 Farnborough air show said it plans to build 450 winglet shipsets for the 767-300ER, forecasting a build rate of 16 per month during peak production.

American says APB estimates each winglet-equipped aircraft should save up to 500,000 gallons of fuel annually depending on miles flown, which could result in a total savings of 29 million gallons annually.

Boeing 767-300ER with Winglets (Aviation Partners Photo)

Boeing 767-300ER with Winglets (Aviation Partners Photo)

More…

Random Posts

]]> http://www.planenation.com/2009/03/09/news/american-airlines-completed-the-first-flight-of-a-boeing-767-300er-with-blended-winglets.htm/feed 0