Posted on 03/21/2024 5:26:29 AM PDT by V_TWIN
A Boeing-made Delta Airlines flight out of Aruba and bound for Atlanta was forced to turn back and make an emergency landing after an engine blow out on take-off.
The Pilot of the Boeing 737 900 circled the Caribbean island four times before coming back into land following the 'mechanical issue'.
A spokesperson for the airline told DailyMail.com that there were 168 passengers on board in addition to four flight attendants and two pilots. The passengers were forced to spend an extra night in Aruba before being flown out on Wednesday.
Delta flight DL581 from Aruba to Atlanta experienced a mechanical issue shortly after takeoff. It landed safely and returned to the gate uneventfully,' the spokesperson said.
'Delta teams are working to get our customers to their final destinations as quickly and safely as possible and we apologize for the delay in their travels.'
One passenger described the ordeal on Reddit saying that 'one of the engines blew up mid takeoff, we circled Aruba four times and emergency landed.'
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An extreme example is South Africa. Apartheid had to go. But now that ANC is running the country, everything is falling apart.
A “compressor stall” not all that uncommon:
https://simpleflying.com/jet-engine-compressor-stalls-guide/
May not all that uncommon, but apparently enough to terminate the flight and bring the aircraft back to the shop with an aircraft full of frightened and or pissed off passengers.
Btw, I didn’t’ see anything written about a compressor stall. But I guess one noise is enough to diagnose jet aircraft engine issues.
Compressor stall is the #1 cause of a jet engine “bang” & fire out the back. Commercial passenger aircraft (Part 121) will always return to the gate after a compressor stall for a maintenance check/plane swap...military & private jets have a checklist for it and may continue the flight after a return to “idle” thrust and re-application of power.
https://www.pilotmall.com/blogs/news/compressor-stall-what-it-is-how-to-recover-prevention
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