This is why even jetliner pilots are supposed to do a walkaround.

4 thoughts on “This is why even jetliner pilots are supposed to do a walkaround.”

1. Who knows, mebbe a screw popped loose from the vibration of take off. Knowing you can’t/won’t catch everything, it always concerned me when I pushed the throttle forward.

2. That’s a problem specific to Airbus 320s. You would think that 70 years into the jet age cowling latch design would be perfected.

   http://news.aviation-safety.net/2015/09/02/easa-issues-recommendations-to-prevent-loss-of-fan-cowl-doors-on-a320/

3. I did NOT see “a turbine engine failing” during takeoff. I saw an inspection cover left unlatched, popping open, and tearing off.
   Yes, I *am* an A&P and qualified to make that statement. No aircraft that I have worked-on has ever had a maintenance related problem…

   1. Still, I give the camera guy props for not shrieking in terror as the plane seemingly starts to disintegrate before his eyes. Us laymen often don’t realize the difference between a cosmetic loss of nonessential airframe parts and a loss of critical parts which cause that unfortunate premature or unscheduled landing.

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