Atlas Air Jet Part Falls on Miami area Parking Lot

Friday, February 5, 2010
By George Hatcher


Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net
Contact photographer Gerhard Vysocan

What: Atlas Air Boeing 747-400 en route from Santiago to Miami,FL
Where: Miami
When: Feb 5 2010
Why: On the final approach to the runway, a part fell from the plane on to the Miami International Mall parking lot.

The part is described as a flap track fairing. The mechanisms for deploying the wing flaps is housed in flap track fairings.

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