The part, a panel door that normally covers a non-pressurized hydraulic servicing area, fell from American Airlines Flight 1910 from Dallas on Wednesday shortly before landing in Charlotte.
Advertisement
A man tells WBTV he was golfing with two other men at the Green Meadows Golf Course when they saw an object.
Sonny Barrett said fate may have saved him from standing in the path of this door panel that fell from a American Airlines plane.
“Falling from the sky, twirling around in circles and land approximately 40 yards to the right of the green”, he said.
A golf course employee said that US Airways arrived and retrieved the piece before the FAA arrived on scene to investigate. Airport without incident. The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating.
It was dislodged from American Airlines Flight 1910 as the plane approached Charlotte Douglas worldwide Airport, according to the FAA.
‘The panel has been recovered, and no one was injured, ‘ the statement said. It would not cause a flight safety issue, ‘ the statement said.
The Airbus A321 with 146 passengers onboard landed safely 20 minutes after the incident.
Advertisement
American Airlines also maintained that the flight was never at risk.
