Air Transat fined in wake of A330 gliding incidentq
Transport Canada (TC) fined Montreal-based Air Transat, the country’s largest charter airline, C$250,000 ($160,500) for improper maintenance on the Airbus
Transport Canada (TC) fined Montreal-based Air Transat, the country’s largest charter airline, C$250,000 ($160,500) for improper maintenance on the Airbus A330-200 that glided to a safe landing in the Azores during a nighttime transatlantic crossing on August 24.
Preliminary reports by the Portuguese air safety board (GPIAA) point to total fuel starvation due, perhaps in part, to a leak on the number-two engine’s low-pressure fuel line. The line was apparently left too close to an adjacent hydraulic line as compliance with a Rolls-Royce Service Bulletin, SB29-C625, remained incomplete. Nine passengers and two cabin crewmembers suffered minor injuries, but the remaining 282 people on board were uninjured.
