NTSB report: American Airlines plane that diverted to DIA before catching fire had parts incorrectly installed

Posted by Fromtheli@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 22 comments

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Fromtheli@reddit (OP)

DIA is just Denver International Airport

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747ER@reddit

DIA is Doha International Airport. Denver International Airport is DEN.

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theaviationhistorian@reddit

The proper name for it is Blucifer House.

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747ER@reddit

That’s correct, how could you tell? Is getting airport codes wrong a requirement for living in Denver?

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747ER@reddit

No one said OTBD either. Those are different codes.

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It’s what the locals call it. When it was under construction it was referred to as DIA to distinguish it from the old airport. When Stapleton closed the airport code transferred over, but the name stuck.

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seattle747@reddit

KCI is what folks in Kansas City call MCI airport.

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Metropolis4@reddit

We call it DIA all over the state of Colorado.

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theaviationhistorian@reddit

You are tempting a dark fate for not calling it Blucifer's Lair.

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Fromtheli@reddit (OP)

The road signs are labeled here as DIA as that’s what the locals call it as

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theaviationhistorian@reddit

Kinda confusing considering I woke up to this post and wondered, "now there's an incident at Dulles? What's next, wingtip slashing at Joint Base Andrews?!"

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CollegeStation17155@reddit

So how old was the plane and when had it undergone maintenance?

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halfty1@reddit

Since it was the engine it is not necessarily the same age as the airframe- engines get swapped around all the time.

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CollegeStation17155@reddit

Or a brand spanking new engine replacing one that was sick. But the point is that since it wasn't a new plane, the fault is on AA maintenance. And somebody needs a good talking to.

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Adjutant_Reflex_@reddit

Scrolled back about 10 months and didn’t see any obvious heavy checks. Was a day where it seemed to be doing non-rev out of CLT in January, I think.

Regardless, assuming the MX logs are being done correctly it should be easy to find when the work was done. But there will be some tough conversations with all involved, especially whoever signed off on the work.

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