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United Airlines makes emergency landing in Idaho
POCATELLO, Idaho — A United Airlines 737 flying from Seattle to Houston made an emergency landing in Idaho after one of its two engines apparently shut down. Police say the airplane landed safely at the Pocatello Regional Airport just after 2:50 a.m. Tuesday. The airline said the plane's 116 passengers were waiting at the terminal for a replacement airplane to arrive, which was expected to happen Tuesday morning. The plane also had six crew members. Pocatello airport manager David Allen… (bostonherald.com) المزيد...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
What is the big deal here.. A light news day... I have had planes to cough an engine Take off and glad to say it never made the news. Things break. If the engine fails, simply road trip a new engine and replace it. We just had one in RIC, No big deal...
Spoken like a true mechanic.
Been there for 29 1/2 years... The news media is our worst enemy... That take something routine and make it sound life or death. When I see news articles like that the first thing I ask them is, How many people died? How bad is the plane messed up.. Geez, if I had a news story for every time I had a plane to declare an emergency I could fill the NY Times for a year. I have very little respect for the news media.
Ha!
The other day a Europe-bound United flight returned to their base airport for "pressurization issues". Caught it on the morning news before heading out in the morning.
Got into the car, and the news teaser on the radio was about a "scary/fearful moment at the airport" when in reality "back-up air conditioning unit on the fritz" was closer to describing what was actually happening. I burst into laughter immediately. The other passengers in the car tried justifying the sensationalistic reporting with some passengers were indeed probably afraid.
The other day a Europe-bound United flight returned to their base airport for "pressurization issues". Caught it on the morning news before heading out in the morning.
Got into the car, and the news teaser on the radio was about a "scary/fearful moment at the airport" when in reality "back-up air conditioning unit on the fritz" was closer to describing what was actually happening. I burst into laughter immediately. The other passengers in the car tried justifying the sensationalistic reporting with some passengers were indeed probably afraid.
LOL.. That is funny.. Mentioning pressurization, we had one with a pack deferred and climbing through 8000 the LH Pack failed. It was at a hub, so it did an ATB, they swapped to another plane and maint fixed that one.. No big deal...
I remember once time I was on a flight and on approach the captain cycled the gear 3 times... I talked to him afterwards and he tried to deny it... I told him. Look, I have been in the industry over 25 years as a mechanic.. He then said he had a NLG Indication issue.
We kind of laughed and went on... Things happen.
I remember once time I was on a flight and on approach the captain cycled the gear 3 times... I talked to him afterwards and he tried to deny it... I told him. Look, I have been in the industry over 25 years as a mechanic.. He then said he had a NLG Indication issue.
We kind of laughed and went on... Things happen.
I don't know if WX was in the mix, but we had overnight thunderstorms in southern Idaho between where I live (KTWF) and KBOI.
If any of those were between his engine out posit. and KBOI, then Poky was his best choice.
If any of those were between his engine out posit. and KBOI, then Poky was his best choice.