American Airlines Flys to Paris without a Panel
May 9, 2008 by Airline Blogger
On April 20th 2008, an American Airline’s airplane (Boeing 767) took off from Dallas Fort Worth Airport for Paris. While climbing up to the cruising altitude a 3-foot by 6-foot panel made of composite material feel of the plane’s belly. Though it wasn’t till the plane reached Paris that the loss was identified.
From here
“[It] sounded like an explosion, or very large landing gear being
ripped,” said a flight attendant on board, according to an e-mail
obtained by television station WFAA in Dallas.
