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UA Flt 96 757 EWR Air Return Now D/t Eng Problem

wjcandee From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 4553 posts, RR: 17
Posted (9 months 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 3305 times:

Just saw on CNN:

http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/18/travel...-jersey-plane/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

Interesting. 757s have been pretty-reliable in recent years, even though aging.

EDIT: Now appears to be FOD from blown tire. Engine functioning. Precautionary landing. BA would probably have just continued to Europe because to do so would be "perfectly safe", no?

[Edited 2012-08-18 17:05:06]

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Halophila From United States of America, joined Aug 2005, 623 posts, RR: 2
Reply 1, posted (9 months 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 3267 times:

Looks like it's coming in for landing now?

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/U...6/history/20120818/2150Z/KEWR/EDDT

[Edited 2012-08-18 17:06:13]

Flown on 707, 717, 727, 732 733 734 735 73G 738 739 741 742 743 744 74SP 757 753 762 763 772 773 77W D10 DC9 M11 M80 M87

levg79 From United States of America, joined Sep 2003, 989 posts, RR: 0
Reply 2, posted (9 months 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 3223 times:

Saw it on the climb-out while driving on I-78. It looked just like Thompson Cook in that famous you-tube movie, made me immediately think it was a bird strike

A mile of runway takes you to the world. A mile of highway takes you a mile.

wjcandee From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 4553 posts, RR: 17
Reply 3, posted (9 months 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 3132 times:

Apparently they are down safely as airport is back to normal operations; liveatc archive ends when they're on a 4-mile final.

ARFFdude From United States of America, joined Aug 2007, 138 posts, RR: 1
Reply 4, posted (9 months 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 3111 times:

Landed without incident, taxied to the gate under its own power.

stasisLAX From United States of America, joined Jul 2007, 3266 posts, RR: 6
Reply 5, posted (9 months 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 3003 times:

Dear God, the televised news report on CNN made it sound like the left engine had a uncontained failure. Glad it wasn't.

"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety!" B.Franklin

YVRFlyer From Canada, joined Oct 2006, 69 posts, RR: 0
Reply 6, posted (9 months 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 2860 times:

Quoting stasisLAX (Reply 5):
Dear God, the televised news report on CNN made it sound like the left engine had a uncontained failure. Glad it wasn't.

Yeah, another slow news day. CNN in particular seems to have a habit of making sensational Breaking News out of anything, like vapid celebrity antics. In time I'm sure they'll end up reporting on firefighters rescuing cats out of trees.

I bet the newsroom must've secretly been disappointed at the happy ending. Reminds of that silly Saturday Night Live skit on Jetblue 292.

http://www.whoisthemonkey.com/videos/39/snl-jet-blue

YVRFlyer

blueflyer From United States of America, joined Jan 2006, 3119 posts, RR: 1
Reply 7, posted (9 months 3 days 14 hours ago) and read 2365 times:

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Quoting YVRFlyer (Reply 6):
CNN in particular seems to have a habit of making sensational Breaking News out of anything,

Sad but true, CNN's ratings suck except in case of emergencies, so why not hype one every chance they get?

Quoting YVRFlyer (Reply 6):
In time I'm sure they'll end up reporting on firefighters rescuing cats out of trees.

You mean like NBC's local affiliate in Dallas? True and sadder.

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capitalflyer From United States of America, joined Nov 2010, 255 posts, RR: 0
Reply 8, posted (9 months 3 days 14 hours ago) and read 2252 times:

If you read the report witness reported flames coming out of the engine. A little more than just ingesting a bit of debris.

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