2024-08-24 13:47:30
Mabrian, a travel data analytics provider, estimates that more than 64,000 flights scheduled in the next 30 days could be affected.
There’s more bad news for airlines. In addition to delays in deliveries of new planes and production problems at Boeing, they must also contend with new requirements from the FAA, the U.S. transportation regulator.
The latter actually called for an immediate inspection of the pilot seats on all 895 Boeing 787 Dreamliners in circulation worldwide. After the accident of the Chilean Latam flight in March During this time, the plane suddenly lost altitude, injuring about 50 passengers.
According to estimates by travel data analytics provider Mabrian, more than 64,000 flights scheduled in the next 30 days could be “likely” affected. The expert added in a press release that the number of available seats is as high as 18 million.
“ANA and Qatar Airways will be the worst affected airlines”
“Large airlines such as ANA, Qatar Airways, American Airlines, United Airlines or Air Europa are expected to accept this mandatory inspection, which raises questions about the tight seasonal flight schedules around the world”, we can read.
The expert said All Nippon Airways and Qatar Airways would be the worst affected airlines.
“This mandatory inspection will not involve the immediate grounding of all aircraft, in fact the fleet can continue to fly and the airlines have 30 days to complete the inspection and fix any faults, but it will create a huge challenge during an already intense summer and post-summer season,” explained Carlos Cendra, Partner and Marketing and Communications Director at Mabrian.
Airlines connecting the U.S. and Europe, particularly United, American, Air Canada, LATAM and Air Europa, “will also be forced to recalibrate their airline seat availability over the next 30 days.”
Similar incidents occurred frequently
When a LATAM Dreamliner crashed, passengers who were not wearing seatbelts were pushed to the ceiling as the plane suddenly lost altitude.
The FAA requested the checks after receiving reports of “uncontrolled forward movement of the captain’s seat resulting in rapid descents,” according to a news release.
The latter noted that since the incident, Boeing has reported four other incidents of “uncontrolled horizontal movement” of pilot or co-pilot seats to the FAA. In three of those cases, the adjustment levers on the seats were too “loose.”
The Federal Aviation Administration explained that “unintentional and prolonged movement of the seat” could lead to “unintentional and sudden manipulation of the flight controls, which could cause the aircraft to rapidly descend and seriously injure passengers and flight personnel.”
1724540708
#Inspection #Dreamliner #pilot #seats #lead #flight #cancellations #worldwide
