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MD-80 forced to land in ABQ

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-- Homer Beanfang (Bats@inbellfry.com), February 17, 2000

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Wednesday, February 16, 2000

MD-80 Forced To Land in ABQ

The Associated Press Worries about potential electrical problems aboard a TWA MD-80 jetliner forced the airplane to make an unscheduled landing today at Albuquerque.

"It was something that had to do with a generator, but as it turned out, it wasn't a problem," said Maggie Santiago, spokeswoman for Albuquerque's international airport.

Flight 596 from Ontario, Calif., to St. Louis landed without problem at 9:19 a.m. and taxied to a gate, where the 90 passengers and crew got off the twin-engine airplane, she said.

The airplane was checked and was found "perfectly safe and flyable," Santiago said. The passengers and crew reboarded, and the airplane took off at 10:22 a.m. to continue its flight, she said.

The unscheduled landing was the second this week for an MD-80 at the Albuquerque airport. An American Airlines MD-80 landed after smoke was smelled aboard the craft.

TWA Flight 596 "initially reported some electrical difficulties, so the captain of the aircraft talked to passengers and said he mainly stopped for precautionary reasons because there was an indication they were running low on electrical power," Santiago said.

"The captain did indicate to the passengers that it was a problem totally unrelated to the rear stabilizer and jackscrew."

The crew of an Alaska Airlines MD-83 lost control of their airplane while trying to fix problems with its stabilizer, a part in the tail that helps level the aircraft. The airplane crashed last month into the Pacific Ocean off the Southern California coast, killing all 88 people aboard.

The jackscrew, a long, threaded piece of metal that turns to move through a stationary nut, is part of the stabilizer that was causing problems for the Alaska Airlines pilots.

The Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday that 1,101 airplanes in the MD-80, MD-90, DC-9 and Boeing 717 series were subject to tail inspections.

The TWA MD-90 "was inspected over the weekend and there weren't any problems found on it in respect to that issue," Santiago said.

The American Airlines MD-80's problems had nothing to do with the stabilizer, Martha Pantin, an American Airline spokesman, said in Fort Worth, Texas.

All of American Airlines' MD-80s and MD-90s have been checked for jackscrew problems and have been cleared, she said.

-- Homer Beanfang (BAts@inbellfry.com), February 17, 2000.


Wednesday, February 16, 2000

MD-80 Forced To Land in ABQ

AP - Worries about potential electrical problems aboard a TWA MD-80 jetliner forced the airplane to make an unscheduled landing today at Albuquerque.

"It was something that had to do with a generator, but as it turned out, it wasn't a problem," said Maggie Santiago, spokeswoman for Albuquerque's international airport.

Flight 596 from Ontario, Calif., to St. Louis landed without problem at 9:19 a.m. and taxied to a gate, where the 90 passengers and crew got off the twin-engine airplane, she said.

The airplane was checked and was found "perfectly safe and flyable," Santiago said. The passengers and crew reboarded, and the airplane took off at 10:22 a.m. to continue its flight, she said.

The unscheduled landing was the second this week for an MD-80 at the Albuquerque airport. An American Airlines MD-80 landed after smoke was smelled aboard the craft.

TWA Flight 596 "initially reported some electrical difficulties, so the captain of the aircraft talked to passengers and said he mainly stopped for precautionary reasons because there was an indication they were running low on electrical power," Santiago said.

"The captain did indicate to the passengers that it was a problem totally unrelated to the rear stabilizer and jackscrew."

The crew of an Alaska Airlines MD-83 lost control of their airplane while trying to fix problems with its stabilizer, a part in the tail that helps level the aircraft. The airplane crashed last month into the Pacific Ocean off the Southern California coast, killing all 88 people aboard.

The jackscrew, a long, threaded piece of metal that turns to move through a stationary nut, is part of the stabilizer that was causing problems for the Alaska Airlines pilots.

The Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday that 1,101 airplanes in the MD-80, MD-90, DC-9 and Boeing 717 series were subject to tail inspections.

The TWA MD-90 "was inspected over the weekend and there weren't any problems found on it in respect to that issue," Santiago said. The American Airlines MD-80's problems had nothing to do with the stabilizer, Martha Pantin, an American Airline spokesman, said in Fort Worth, Texas.

All of American Airlines' MD-80s and MD-90s have been checked for jackscrew problems and have been cleared, she said.

-- seems (these@going.up), February 17, 2000.


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