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American Airlines 777 Diverted to Tulsa due to engine failure
American Airlines flight 79 diverted to Tulsa International Airport after losing their left engine en-route from London to Dallas. (www.newson6.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Tulsa? The thing could have probably glided to Dallas from there. Why not just go the rest of the way on one engine? The aircraft was designed to run effectively on one engine.
Been retired for quite a while, but the regs and company Ops plainly stated that a loss of one engine in our mostly twin-engine fleet meant a landing at the closest suitable airport (maintenance available or not). That same rule may have applied to out three engine fleet, too long ago. We had a few four-eingine aircraft once, but I'm pretty sure the FAA allowed continued flight with three good motors on those, even back when the 707 was in use! ;-) Obviously, ETOPS certification is based on being able to fly a very long time on one engine, but that's while over water, not hundreds of suitable airports. Aviate, Navigate, Communicate, in that order. Sounds like they did exactly that.
BTW, if the passengers were upset because of the delay, they should have to fill out the forms and debriefings the cockpit crew had to suffer through! :-P
BTW, if the passengers were upset because of the delay, they should have to fill out the forms and debriefings the cockpit crew had to suffer through! :-P
Glide too DFW No way The only decision is to land immediately whether ETOP or not Id make the same decision
Really ain't no call to make. TUL was probably in the plan as a diversion anyway. Yeah, DFW was probably in range but no need taking chances with a full load of pax. Lot's of engine similarity and one hellacious resource base to boot. It's just strange they didn't have a 67 or something ready to go to DFW and had to bring one up from DFW, but, that's life.
I'm very happy to see there was a Captain on board, who decided the safety of his passengers far outweighed what a company man would've chosen, which would be to continue on one engine and try to save the company some money. Remember the Eastern L-1011 going into NAS with three missing drain plug o-rings? Almost went into the drink? Company man. Swissair MD-11 in Halifax, with smoke in the airplane and a runway in sight, chose to turn away to dump fuel so the company wouldn't be stuck with an inspection and a logbook entry? Company man. I want a CAPTAIN in the left seat of any airplane I'm in. Good job, Captain!
I understand your post but in defense of AA, it doesn't appear they were mandatory. The pax that is posting above says that the CAPTAIN told them that HE had a choice.