British Airways

[CX54 DKD (Moderator)]

RE: British Airways
What's most worrying is that the cowling latches should be checked on at least three occasions prior to flight (that I'm aware of at any rate). Those stages being: by the maintenance team prior to signing it off fit for service; by flight crew during their walk-around check at which point they should be checking the cowling whilst performing an inspection of the engine structure in general along with fan blade rotation and then finally, they should be checked by ground crew prior to push back in their final checks.

It leaves you wondering how many checks are seemingly being completed to a poor standard and how close other aircraft have come to similar situations. BA and the staff involved at each of the aforementioned stages certainly have a lot to answer for here.