Created Thursday, Aug 8th 2024 16:03Z, last updated Thursday, Aug 8th 2024 16:03Z
A British Airways Boeing 777-200, registration G-YMMG performing flight
BA-2262 (dep Mar 8th) from Kingston (Jamaica) to London Gatwick,EN (UK) with 272 passengers and 12 crew, completed a seemingly uneventful flight with a safe landing at Gatwick.
The AAIB however reported that the Outboard Auxiliary Support Fairing (OASF) was missing from the right wing and the primary attachment bracket was found to have failed. The fairing was not recovered.
On Aug 8th 2024 the AAIB released their bulletin stating:
The attachment of the OASF was the subject of the aircraft manufacturer’s Service Bulletin 777-57-0055 from January 2007 and the current revision 3 was issued in May 2014. The SB provides instructions for a one-time inspection of the attachments of the OASF as cracking had been discovered on some aircraft, which could lead to a loss of the fairing.
Previous inspection
Both fairing attachments on the incident aircraft were inspected in accordance with the SB in June 2010 and cracks were found on the left-wing fairing. The aircraft was modified as per the SB and returned to service. The right-wing fairing was the original equipment fitted to the aircraft and no cracks were detected at the time of the inspection.
The AAIB reported following safety actions were taken:
As a consequence of this loss of the fairing, the operator initiated a fleet wide inspection programme to re-inspect the fairing attachments. This will be accomplished when the aircraft are scheduled for a suitable maintenance interval. The operator reported no further findings to-date but the inspections are on-going.
The manufacturer has limited information on the findings from the SB inspections as there was not a requirement to report them. From the reports received they do not consider any further action is required at this time, but it will remain under review as part of the continued airworthiness program.
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