Jat planes to receive emergency inspections

Jat Airways maintenance director Slavoljub Djordjevic said that there will be an emergency inspection of the entire fleet of company planes. He also confirmed the story published by daily Blic regarding loose bolts on the left panel of a Boeing aircraft that was flying from Crete to Belgrade. Jat planes to receive emergency inspections “Something like that is unacceptable, such thing being overlooked, but it is most important that the safety of the passengers is not at risk,” Djordjevic said at a press conference. He said that five of the total 30 bolts on the upper part of the motor cover were loose. Djordjevic added that the last maintenance done on the plane was on August 5. The aircraft is a rented one, coming from an American company, and was manufactured in 1988. The plane is being rented until 2011. Blic released photographs which were sent to them by a passenger on the aforementioned flight, on which the loose and even mission bolts on the left wing are visible. The daily then received even more photographs from readers who have traveled with Jat airways and noticed similar problems.

Jat planes to receive emergency inspections

“Something like that is unacceptable, such thing being overlooked, but it is most important that the safety of the passengers is not at risk,” Đorđević said at a press conference.

He said that five of the total 30 bolts on the upper part of the motor cover were loose.

Đorđević added that the last maintenance done on the plane was on August 5. The aircraft is a rented one, coming from an American company, and was manufactured in 1988. The plane is being rented until 2011.

Blic released photographs which were sent to them by a passenger on the aforementioned flight, on which the loose and even mission bolts on the left wing are visible.

The daily then received even more photographs from readers who have traveled with Jat airways and noticed similar problems.