- Difficulty date
- July 31, 2008
- Submitted
- August 7, 2008
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Boeing 747259B
- Aircraft serial
- 21730
- Aircraft time
- 75,888 hours, 20,428 cycles
- Part
- Linkage
- Condition
- Broken
- Location
- Evac Slide
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.
What was found
ESCAPE SLIDE RELEASE LINKAGE BROKEN ON LATCH SIDE (FWD). (A)