Ckfred From United States of America, joined Apr 2001, 4031 posts, RR: 1 Posted (7 years 4 months 4 weeks 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 9857 times:
An AA MD-80 departing ORD for PHL has returned to ORD after suffering an engine fire in the No.1 engine. All 3 network affiliates in Chicago, 2,5, and 7 are covering the event.
It appears that the fire caused chunks of the engine cowling to come off, and based on information from a news chopper, one or more of the chunks landed in a park near ORD.
The plane landed on 32L, and is sitting on a taxiway. The passengers have disembarked via a set of stairs brought up to the L1 door.
Ckfred From United States of America, joined Apr 2001, 4031 posts, RR: 1 Reply 1, posted (7 years 4 months 4 weeks 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 9724 times:
Mexicana757 From United States of America, joined Apr 2001, 2795 posts, RR: 35 Reply 2, posted (7 years 4 months 4 weeks 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 9695 times:
Supposely it was a bird strike, since they found a dead bird by some of the debris. They are showing shots of the left engine, and it looks like there is a hole in the engine.
Mexicana757 From United States of America, joined Apr 2001, 2795 posts, RR: 35 Reply 3, posted (7 years 4 months 4 weeks 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 9664 times:
Here is a link to the what happened. They have pictures of the airplane on the ground.
September11 From United States of America, joined May 2004, 3464 posts, RR: 28 Reply 4, posted (7 years 4 months 4 weeks 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 9648 times:
September11 From United States of America, joined May 2004, 3464 posts, RR: 28 Reply 5, posted (7 years 4 months 4 weeks 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 9644 times:
Jacobin777 From United States of America, joined Sep 2004, 14968 posts, RR: 71 Reply 6, posted (7 years 4 months 4 weeks 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 9589 times:
here is local CBS news (Channel 2) link to some pics
Jacobin777 From United States of America, joined Sep 2004, 14968 posts, RR: 71 Reply 7, posted (7 years 4 months 4 weeks 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 9556 times:
Trickijedi From United States of America, joined May 2001, 3266 posts, RR: 6 Reply 8, posted (7 years 4 months 4 weeks 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 9485 times:
Here is the latest news as of 4PM this afternoon... from the Chicago Tribune.
CactusA319 From United States of America, joined Jan 2000, 2918 posts, RR: 34 Reply 10, posted (7 years 4 months 4 weeks 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 9447 times:
Looks like the plane landed on 9R not 32L as mentioned earlier....
22right From United States of America, joined Apr 2004, 417 posts, RR: 2 Reply 11, posted (7 years 4 months 4 weeks 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 9315 times:
Looks like the plane landed on 9R not 32L as mentioned earlier....
Who gives a hoot if it landed on 9R or 32L or 22R or 14R. What's important is that it didnt land on Golf Mill Mall or someplace like that and that everyone's safe.
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Isitsafenow From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 4984 posts, RR: 30 Reply 12, posted (7 years 4 months 4 weeks 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 9250 times:
I give a hoot. I like detail. 32L on the arrival. Now which runway did it take off on?
safe
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Aaron747 From Japan, joined Aug 2003, 7285 posts, RR: 26 Reply 13, posted (7 years 4 months 4 weeks 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 9193 times:
I *HATE HATE HATE* news coverage of aviation events. The CBS 2 story was terrible, and the reporter from ABC 7 was only slightly better. DO SOME RESEARCH SO-CALLED 'journalists'. They make it sound as if it's a huge undertaking to fly an MD-80 on one engine.
If you need someone to blame / throw a rock in the air / you'll hit someone guilty
Aa717driver From United States of America, joined exactly 10 years ago today! , 1566 posts, RR: 16 Reply 14, posted (7 years 4 months 4 weeks 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 9133 times:
Dan Rather just found documents proving that George Bush was involved in the engine failure and that the bird may have been planted as a coverup...
Sorry, all you journalists out there deserve it!TC
Ckfred From United States of America, joined Apr 2001, 4031 posts, RR: 1 Reply 15, posted (7 years 4 months 4 weeks 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 8762 times:
Actually, I thought the Channel 2 coverage was ok. Jim Tilmon, who does weather and science stories is a retired AA captain, and his son is a pilot with US. He usually makes the other reporters look like a bunch of idiots.
The only journalist who handles aviation stories well is Lester Holt. His father was an Air Force mechanic.
Spacecadet From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 2863 posts, RR: 16 Reply 16, posted (7 years 4 months 4 weeks 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 8709 times:
They make it sound as if it's a huge undertaking to fly an MD-80 on one engine.
It is when that other engine is damaged as well, as this one appears to be (looks like there's damage to both engines to me, though #1 is completely fried).
Must have gone through a pretty big flock of birds.
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Sleekjet From United States of America, joined Jul 2001, 2043 posts, RR: 29 Reply 17, posted (7 years 4 months 4 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 8334 times:
PIA777 From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 1736 posts, RR: 9 Reply 18, posted (7 years 4 months 4 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 8248 times:
Jim Tilmon is awesome. He is very knowledgeable. I was on a AA flight from
DFW to ORD with him, he was a passenger.
Cubsrule From United States of America, joined May 2004, 19203 posts, RR: 18 Reply 19, posted (7 years 4 months 4 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 8209 times:
A couple of the pictures on CBS' site show it as N253AA.
Flick70 From United States of America, joined Sep 2004, 68 posts, RR: 0 Reply 20, posted (7 years 4 months 4 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 8158 times:
Ok, this is spooky! I flew PHL-ORD last night (9/15/04)! Our flight (AA Flt#1569) was delayed due to ATC traffic, and I ended up landing in ORD at about 11:30 PM CDT instead of the scheduled 7:14 PM CDT.
I didn't get the reg# of the plane, but can anyone in the know tell me if this was the same bird?
Wow....
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AFROTC From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 191 posts, RR: 1 Reply 21, posted (7 years 4 months 4 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 8067 times:
hmmm, very interesting this incident...
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Moman From United States of America, joined Aug 2004, 1044 posts, RR: 5 Reply 22, posted (7 years 4 months 4 weeks 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 7780 times:
Glad to hear no one was hurt. Must have been scary to be a passenger on that flight.
Clipper707 From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 99 posts, RR: 0 Reply 23, posted (7 years 4 months 4 weeks 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 7722 times:
Good thing the MAD-DOGS are a stable aircraft. Great job on the crews part!
Thank God everyone is ok.
TrnsWrld From United States of America, joined May 1999, 678 posts, RR: 0 Reply 24, posted (7 years 4 months 4 weeks 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 7606 times:
This is why these pilots get paid the big bucks and why flight training is so extensive. Excellent job to those pilots who safely brought those passengers/crew and aircraft back home safely. As for the bird(s), well im sure it didnt feel a thing.
25 CcrlR: I *HATE HATE HATE* news coverage of aviation events. The CBS 2 story was terrible, and the reporter from ABC 7 was only slightly better. DO SOME RESEA
26 Qantasguy: The first report says it landed on a taxiway - CRAZY!!
27 Philaboy: My father flew AA 1941 PHL-ORD today on an MD80. When i overheard something on the local news i heard the words "American Airlines", "chicago", "phila
28 BishopOfPHL: During the brief local news coverage of this incident in the local PHL news, they were interviewing the passengers who had been on the flight and had
29 Pecevanne: I was number 8 for take off on runway 32 left from t-10. I couldn't hear any emergency because tower freq, was 132.7 instead 120.75. The only thing th
30 ATLhomeCMH: USA Today is reporting it was a goose that was sucked through the engine. I'm no expert on birds, but I'm pretty sure that a goose is a good-sized bir
31 CactusA319: Who gives a hoot if it landed on 9R or 32L or 22R or 14R. What's important is that it didnt land on Golf Mill Mall or someplace like that and that ev
32 Ckfred: I haven't seen a report indicating from which the flight departed, but the FAA spokesman said it landed on 32L. Also, based on the location of where t
33 22right: Yeah of course it landed safely. Considering the fact that pilots train extensively on engine-out take-off procedures, the chances of the plane "land
34 Western737: On the report from http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/today/sky.htm which stated, "One goose believed to have died". DUH! Yeah, ever heard a bird
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