Regulators push FAA to bolster MD-11 hard landing training
Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2011 11:53 pm
Interesting note within this story that the MD11's are certified to land at MLW with a sink rate up to 600ft/min
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is strongly urging the FAA to adopt new regulations specific to Boeing MD-11 aircraft to stave off a raft of hard landings that began in 1993 and continued through 2010.
"Although it is not uncommon for jet transport aircraft to experience a small skip or bounce during landing, since it was entered into service in 1990, the MD-11 has had at least 14 events of such severity that the aircraft sustained substantial damage," said NTSB in a recommendation letter to the FAA. Four of those events were complete hull losses while seven events have occurred during the last two years, the board stressed, including five in 2009.
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