Sunderbans engines raise concerns

The Air India Boeing 747, called the Sunderbans, is in the news for all the wrong reasons for the second time in two years.
On December 25, 2005, it made an emergency landing at the Los Angeles airport after parts of its lower engine disintegrated on take off.
NDTV has now learnt that it's the same jet that suffered serious engine problems again a few days ago that resulted in a flight delay of eight hours at the same airport. According to sources:
* The aircraft had two defective bleed air systems * As per rules, an aircraft can't fly unless three out of its four engines are functional.
The latest incident follows a series of problems involving the jet.
Other than the fire in 2005, the Sunderbans has also suffered four incidents of tyre burst and three incidents of engine failure.
The aircraft was taken off the fleet early in 2006 and was sent for a overhaul to the Boeing factory in Seattle where it received a clean chit in July last year.
Despite that, it seems the engines are still causing problems.
18/08/07 Kajori Sen/NDTV.com

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Categories: Air India Aug 2007, Safety Aug 2007