ATLANTA, GA - Dipatimenti ya US Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ikupereka chilango cha $ 66,000 kwa Centurion Air Cargo, Inc., ya Miami, Fla., chifukwa choyendetsa ndege yomwe sinali yogwirizana ndi Federal Aviation Regulations.
Bungwe la FAA likuti Centurion adagwiritsa ntchito ndege ya MD-11 pamaulendo osachepera 12 pakati pa Juni 5 ndi 11, 2013 pomwe akulephera kutsatira njira zake zocheperako (MEL) atalandira chizindikiro cha vuto la kuchuluka kwamafuta paulendo wapa June 5. MEL imatchula zida zomwe sizingagwire ntchito panthawi ya ndege poyembekezera kukonza zidazo.
Wonyamulira saloledwa kuwulutsa ndege yokhala ndi zida zosagwira ntchito pokhapokha ngati zikugwirizana ndi MEL. Bungwe la FAA likuti Centurion sanatsatire ndi MEL pochepetsa kusiyana kumeneku poyika chizindikiro cha kuchuluka kwamafuta ngati sikungagwire ntchito ndikutsimikizira kuti mchira ndi matanki otsogolera anali opanda kanthu atatha kuthira mafuta.
Kuphatikiza apo, bungwe la FAA likunena kuti Centurion adayendetsa ndegeyi pamaulendo anayi atazindikira kuti chizindikiro cha slide sichinayatse. Centurion sanatsatire njira za MEL zochepetsera kusiyana kumeneku poyika kuwala ngati kosagwira ntchito ndikuwonetsetsa kuti njira yotulutsira anthu inalipiritsidwa mokwanira tsiku lililonse lomwe ndegeyo idawuluka, ikutero FAA.
Centurion wakhala akulumikizana ndi FAA pankhaniyi.
ZOMWE MUNGACHITE PA NKHANIYI:
- The FAA alleges Centurion operated an MD-11 jet on at least 12 flights between June 5 and 11, 2013 while failing to comply with its minimum equipment list (MEL) procedures after receiving a fuel quantity fault indication during a June 5 flight.
- The FAA alleges Centurion did not comply with the MEL for deferring this discrepancy by placarding the fuel quantity indicator as inoperable and verifying the tail and forward auxiliary tanks were empty after refueling.
- Centurion did not follow MEL procedures for deferring this discrepancy by placarding the light as inoperative and verifying that the evacuation slide system was adequately charged each day the aircraft flew, the FAA alleges.
