No one among the 190 passengers and seven crew members was injured Oct. 5 on Flight 1326 from San Diego, according to a preliminary report released Monday by the National Transportation Safety Board.
LAS VEGAS — Federal investigators say an electrical system malfunctioned, the autopilot quit and some radio communications were disrupted aboard a Frontier Airlines plane shortly before the pilots made a fiery but safe emergency landing in Las Vegas earlier this month.Federal investigators say crew members detected fumes of burning rubber, a chemical or light smoke, the cockpit crew donned oxygen masks and declared an emergency about 19 minutes before the plane landed.
Video recordings and photos included with the report showed fire and smoke billowing from the main landing gear before the aircraft came to a stop on the runway. Damage was limited to landing gear, wheels, tires and brakes, the report said.Crew members said they were surprised to learn from firefighters that a fire had been extinguished in the right engine. “There had been no engine fire indications in the cockpit,” the report said.
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