The maintenance log had noted that the left-hand thrust reverser was inoperative
A feature that helps aircraft slow down on landing was broken on a Boeing 737 that skidded into a river in Florida, a top transportation safety official said on Sunday. The plane carrying 143 people slid off the runway after a hard landing on Saturday at a naval air station in Jacksonville during a lightning storm.
Police said 21 people were taken to hospital with minor injuries but no fatalities or critical injuries were reported. Transport safety officials said the thrust reverser which are supposed to help to slow the aircraft down was not working. “The aircraft had been in maintenance and the log noted that the left-hand thrust reverser was inoperative,” Bruce Landsberg, vice chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board, told reporters on Sunday.
