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Boeing accidents: “I don’t think we can quickly bring the two cases together,” says a transport specialist
Thursday January 18, a Boeing 747 cargo plane caught fire in mid-flight shortly after taking off from Miami airport (United States). Guest of 12/13 info, Arnaud Aymé, transport specialist at Sia Partners, discusses the incident. – (franceinfo)
Thursday January 18, a Boeing 747 cargo plane caught fire in mid-flight shortly after taking off from Miami airport (United States). Guest of 12/13 info, Arnaud Aymé, transport specialist at Sia Partners, discusses the incident.
Two weeks after a first incident involving a door torn off in mid-flight, another plane from the American manufacturer Boeing caught fire in Miami (United States) on January 18. Guest of 12/13 info, Arnaud Aymé, transport specialist at Sia Partners believes that the investigation could last for many weeks before providing explanations. The device Who caught fire, a Boeing 747 cargo plane was transporting goods.
Determine liability
The engine was built by another company : the investigation will therefore have to determine whether the engine manufacturer or Boeing is responsible, explains the specialist. “It could either be responsibilities for the manufacturer, it could also be responsibilities for the operator, the airline or the teams in charge of maintenance”, lists Arnaud Aymé. Two weeks earlier, the door of another Boeing plane was torn off in mid-flight. This new incident is once again causing concern. “It’s difficult to make a link today, I don’t think we can quickly bring the two cases together”underlines the expert.
