American Eagle Plane Had Same Emergency Issue Two Days in a Row
American Eagle Embraer ERJ 145
American Eagle Flight That Veered Off Runway at O’Hare on Thursday Had Same Issue a Day Earlier
The American Eagle plane that veered off the runway after landing at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport (ORD) last Thursday had a similar issue a day earlier and was also forced to turn back and land, according to a report by the Chicago Tribune.
American Eagle Flight 4069 took off for Tulsa from Chicago on Thursday and made a return emergency landing, then veered off the runway before returning to paved surface. No one was injured.
Now it’s been revealed that the same American Eagle jet, an Embraer ERJ-145, had an “unsafe gear indication” a day previous, and had to return to Chicago to land as well. This first incident did not result in the aircraft veering off the runway.
‘Nose-wheel problems are the primary focus, officials said, adding that the pilots involved in the incidents Wednesday and Thursday reported that the Embraer ERJ-145 regional jet pulled hard to the right after the plane landed and was braking on the runway.’
How can the same aircraft have the same potentially catastrophic issue two days in a row??
American spokesman Matt Miller said:
‘”As maintenance issues arise we address them, and unfortunately, this aircraft had similar issues on two consecutive days. The aircraft was thoroughly inspected and determined to be airworthy before it was put back into service this morning. It’s now in our hangar at O’Hare, where our maintenance team is working diligently to address the issue.”‘
Apparently the ERJ-145 has a history of nosegear issues:
‘FAA service-difficulty reports examined by the Tribune list many cases of problems related to the nose-wheel steering system on ERJ-145s dating to at least 2001. Some of the records referred to “uncommanded swerving” during high-speed taxiing, takeoff and landing.’
This particular ERJ-145 was delivered to American Airlines in October of 2003.
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My God! How can anyone even fly that airline anymore without praying for their life???
This type of thing shouldn’t happen… When there’s an apparent mechanical problem, you can’t simply wipe the part with a rag, or blow on it, and say, “FIXED”! Shouldn’t there have been some type of “test flight” performed (without passengers) after the first event before it re-entered service? Of course don’t tell that to Delta… a few weeks back a similar test flight resulted in a 737 going over the edge of the runway LOL.
Like this article points out, ERJ’s have had gear issues for awhile. Not sure why they’re allowed to fly.
Maintenance issues have been increasing dramatically. One reason is the FAA has allowed 100′s of maintenance facilities to be certified and then has not properly inspected these facilities for “YEARS”
70% of major maintenance requirements are performed in third world countries because the costs are less then 20 cents on the dollar. Our fleet is simply not maintained properly any longer to save money.
Rich Wyeroski
former FAA Safety Inspector
And our government/regulations are ok with this Richard? Wow
Budget constraints. The FAA just doesn’t have the manpower to carry out all the inspections it needs to.
That is true the FAA is unable to inspect many foreign maintenance facilities because of budget constraints. SO why certify 100′s of facilities that no FAA inspector has been to for “YEARS”
How safe is that? and what about terrorist activity at these inferior facilities?
Something is sure not right here. Is it money or safety……believe me it is money!
Rich
Brazilian aircraft, right? Or should I Brazilian junk.
Are you referring to the Brazilian Aerospace company Embraer? Believe me, their product isn’t “junk”. Beginning in the 1960′s, this company has been producing the best selling and most reliable regional and executive jets. They have an EXCELLENT reputation and produce nothing to be considered “junk”.
Again, going to have to disagree.
They USED to make great planes…
Did i ask?
For your all information, the same aircraft mentioned here in this article is a record maker machine since its fleet has more than 17 million flight hours without a single accident. Off course with that much flight hours accumulated its history has numerous issues and incidents that were promptly addressed by the manufaturer Embraer.
The nose-wheel steering system issue mentioned above occurred in early 2000s and have also been investigated and corrected long time ago. This new one will be promptly investigated and corrected if needed, Im sure.
This aircraft is still one of the safest in the world’s skies. Other aircrafts made on US or Europe does not have such achievemt on its curriculum.
Agreed, Winter. Embraer is an excellent manufacturer of airplanes. Don’t take A380 the “Ruler’s” comments seriously, he’s in his own little world.
I see your point Chris.
Yes, Embraer is a realy good manufacturer and the EMB145 family is a great sucssess.
Thanks for replying.