What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Ground crew left external bluetooth communications box connected after prush back and gave aircrew release signal. Aircrew departed iah and heard loud banging upon takeoff, declared emergency and returned to iah. Thourough investigation conducted by privacy data omitted and ground crew retrained.
Minimal damage to skin of aircraft near gpu access door.
As the FAA filed it
GROUND CREW LEFT EXTERNAL BLUETOOTH COMMUNICATIONS BOX CONNECTED AFTER PRUSH BACK AND GAVE AIRCREW RELEASE SIGNAL. AIRCREW DEPARTED IAH AND HEARD LOUD BANGING UPON TAKEOFF, DECLARED EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO IAH. THOUROUGH INVESTIGATION CONDUCTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND GROUND CREW RETRAINED.
MINIMAL DAMAGE TO SKIN OF AIRCRAFT NEAR GPU ACCESS DOOR.
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