Posted on 10/11/2005 5:25:10 AM PDT by topher
Yesterday, October 10, 2005, a flight from one of the Chicago area airports to a NYC airport, alerted passengers just before landing that they had lost one of their engines.
The flight landed okay, but fire trucks were on the runway as the plane landed.
One of the passengers heard a sound when the engine was lost (apparently when the aircraft was at least 20,000 feet in altitude).
The passenger decribed the sound as a "whiz" not as a bang or "pop".
Apparently a Freeper exclusive -- no other reports of this incident. The flight number was 1082.
They have to be able to make a one engine go-around.
Do you mean they lost lost an engine or one of the engines failed or was shut down?
Won't tell us who the airline was, huh?
They had a failure with an engine, and the flight crew shut it down. But the passenger I knew was shaken up by the experience. Another passenger was unaware of the problem. I was meeting the passenger who heard the sound at the airport, and the other passenger gave some more details.
Many airlines have their crews taxi on one engine if it's going to be a long time before they are #1 for the runway. Maybe they are now flying on one engine to save fuel? ;)
It was Northwest airlines. In a sense, knowing the flight number, you can find out the airline (1082).
It would be disconcerting but if you have to shut one down, altitude is the place to do it. You don't need all that power after you get to cruise. The possible missed approach is the real concern with one engine (on a two engine airplane).
The report will show up here
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/AccList.asp?month=10&year=2005
in a week or two.
A non-catastrophic engine failure is going to sound pretty much like normal shutdown on the ramp. A whining sound that becomes less and less as the engine winds down. To the trained ear it would be fairly obvious, especially if both of the engines were winding down. If airborne, the sound of silence would be deafening, except the screaming in the passenger cabin, might be louder.
Hmmmm... And I thought I was very thrifty turning off my car engine at long traffic lights (I have a standard transmission and an old car). Lately, I have added turning off the engine and coasting to a traffic light (okay if you have a standard transmission... But kind of absurd.)
I hope they don't decide to shut down both engines to save fuel (on descent)!!!
DC9-30?
That's an old bird, isn't it?
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/AccList.asp?month=10&year=2005
in a week or two.
Thanks!
Too often we get sensationalized news that turns out to be overhyped.
Weren't they in contract negotiations with the A&P Flight Mechanic's Union recently? Not that I would ever imply anything sinister happened!
"Flight from Chicago to NYC airport loses engine in flight"
I hope they found it! Did they check under the seat cushions?
I normally don't shut things down in traffic, but I have always tried to anticipate lights. Coasting is a great fuel saver. Now days you're seeing fewer folks racing up to a red light just to wear their brakes out. The good side of higher fuel prices.
I don't follow the airlines enough to really know.
That information is from the Northwest Airlines flight and gate status page. If you enter flight 1082, and submit yesterday's information, it will display that information. You can also click on the aircraft for specifications.
Here is a link provided from the flight info webpage:
DC9-30 info page - http://www.nwa.com/travel/trave/seatm/dc930/
I was in a plane once and that happened.
The silence WAS deafening. Complete and total silence, plus no one in the cabin was saying a word...
And after a few seconds (20?) both engines powered up again. You then heard a ton of sighs and phews from the passengers.
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