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Photograph of some of the engine debris by Carol D'Auria/1010 WINS
According to the FAA, the engine was on the right side of a McDonell Douglas 83, which is a newer version of the MD80. 1010 WINS reports, "Pieces of metal -- the shattered blades of the turbofan engine that apparently disintegrated -- were found embedded in the fuselage of the aircraft." Other pieces of metal fell on Varsity Plumbing and Heating Corp. on 123rd Street; owner Bob Bellini told the Daily News, "We heard a very loud explosion followed by 30 seconds of debris raining down."
Bellini said he was relieved no one was hurt; the NY Times explains, "If the debris had fallen a half-hour earlier, 30 plumbers would have been in the parking lot; if it had fallen a half-hour later, clerical workers would have been in danger." Bellini's brother also took reporters to see the debris, "pointing out the heavy pieces of metal with jagged edges that had stuck into the tar surface like shark teeth."
The Wall Street Journal reports that the plane had a "history of engine problems and hadn't received maintenance checks slated to occur days before the incident, according to people familiar with the details...Over several weeks, pilots reported at least four separate engine problems or discrepancies in fuel usage between the engines, these people said. Parts were ordered last weekend, according to one person familiar with the details, but for various reasons the work was delayed and the engine checks weren't done prior to Wednesday's incident." Which makes it all the more fortunate that no one was injured, from the plane or on the ground.
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Actually the "McDonell Douglas 83" proper name is the McDonnell Douglas MD-83. The MD-80 series, with the MD-83 being the long range model ceased production in 1999. It is in fact a "newer" version of the DC-9 (1979 vs 1965). The MD-83 was originally called the DC-9-83. The newest version of the DC-9 is the Boeing 717 (1998), which has been out of production for about three years.
Well, that makes me feel a lot better. NOT.
That American sure is a high quality airline!
It's "somthing special (that's mostly) in the air".
"We're American Airlines doing what we do best."
Deferred maintenance.
Plane parts keep fallin' on my head....
Sing it with me.
American Airlines used to do their own maintenance on their aircraft-
But now- I think that the 'outsource' their aircraft's maintenance... possibly to a foreign provider.