Iconic Aircraft Aviation Forum

by **Cj27** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 8:25 pm

Article: LINK

Passenger fixes faulty airliner
Holidaymakers avoided a long delay to their flight home when a passenger fixed a mechanical problem with their plane.

Passengers on Thomas Cook flight TCX9641 from Menorca were told to expect an eight-hour wait while an engineer was flown out from the UK.

One passenger then identified himself as a qualified aircraft engineer and offered to try to remedy the fault.
He was successful, and the plane landed in Glasgow only 35 minutes late.

A spokeswoman for Thomas Cook said the company followed strict procedures to ensure the man was qualified to work on the aircraft, a Boeing 757-200, during the incident on Saturday.

The passenger worked for another airline, Thomsonfly, which has a reciprocal maintenance agreement with Thomas Cook.

by **Dan4th** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 8:36 pm

Well, I hope the other passengers bought
the guy a DRINK or something......

D.

by **Saracenman** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 9:51 pm

top man!

a little disappointed by the topic title though CJ - i was hoping for a tale of a crashing 747 saved by a bloke with a paper-clip and a ball of string!

sm

by **Nickolas** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 9:56 pm

Ahhhhhhhhhhh, looks like we are returning to the old days of riding mechanics............That's progress for you.

by **Spitfire** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 10:18 pm

I coulda fixed that - bit of baked bean tin - soldering iron - touch of cyano - some gaffer tape - piece of cake (that's to eat - not to fix it with =))