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An American Airlines flight returned to JFK after hitting a sign during takeoff
(CNN)An American Airlines flight returned to the airport Wednesday night after hitting a sign during takeoff. Flight 300 was departing New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport on its way to Los Angeles International Airport when the plane hit a sign adjacent to the runway, Port Authority spokesman Steve Coleman told CNN. (www.cnn.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Lirstened to recap on LiveATC. Winds were 010 at 17 and he took off from 31L. 60 degree crosswind from right to left. Over Jersey/PA, pilots decided to head back to JFK because they had a strong roll to left during takeoff and wanted to get it checked out. Pictures of left wingtip show some significant damage (leading edge out by tip). Guess they caught a gust on rotation. Being they got pretty far out before deciding to go back, I assume someone from the cabin saw the damage and reported it to a Flight Attendant. (just a guess, but it would have been noticeable to a pax on the left side ahead of the wing)
I guess the pilot didn’t like the thumping sound of the nose wheel hitting the centreline lighting so moved aside just a Liiiiittttle bit?
The two pilots should be dancing the sombrero dance before their superiors for no explanation, no matter how "creative" can justify such a wide drifting to the left when the winds were almost head on to the nose.
Taking off on a taxiway? It's happened
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAL300/history/20190411/0040Z/KJFK/KJFK
The aircraft was an Airbus A321.