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Boeing was not immediately available to comment outside regular
business hours.
The nose gear mishap on Saturday came amid heightened scrutiny
of the aircraft manufacturer by federal regulators following the
mid-air blowout of a fuselage panel that left a gaping hold in
an 8-week-old Boeing 737 MAX 9 jet flown by Alaska Airlines.
Nobody was seriously injured in the blowout, but the FAA
grounded 171 MAX 9s after the Jan. 5 incident.
The agency has since recommended that airlines operating Boeing
737-900ER jets inspect door plugs on those jets to ensure they
are properly secured after some carriers reported loose hardware
during inspections of grounded MAX 9 planes.
According to a preliminary FAA notice filed on Monday
documenting the 757 nose gear detachment, none of the 184
passengers or six crew members aboard was hurt in the incident,
which took place at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.
The report said the aircraft was lining up and waiting for
takeoff when the "nose wheel came off and rolled down the hill."
The plane had been scheduled for a flight to Bogota, Colombia,
when the mishap occurred, and a Delta spokesperson said the
passengers were put on a replacement flight, according to the
New York Times, which broke the story late on Tuesday.
The newspaper said Boeing declined comment and directed
questions to the airline. The FAA told the newspaper it was
continuing its investigation of the incident.
(Reporting by Steve Gorman in Los Angeles; editing by Miral
Fahmy)
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