A Delta jet carrying 190 people made a safe landing in New Orleans yesterday after it struck birds shortly after take off. The Associated Press writes “Delta Flight 1053 returned Monday morning to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, said airport spokeswoman Michelle Wilcut. The Boeing 757 was bound for Atlanta.” The Atlanta Journal-Constitution adds “the plane … left the airport around 7:20 a.m. A short time later, birds were sucked into one of the airplane’s two engines, said Delta spokeswoman Betsy Talton. The captain chose to return to the airport as a precaution and the airplane landed without incident, Talton said.”
Source: USA Today
By: JetSet - 25th March 2009 at 20:44
Aaah that makes sense now, I thought he was on about dodgy things lol.
Talking about flying the day before/after disasters, I departed on a Dan-Air 1-11 who’s wings looked not too disimilar to a patchwork quilt the day after the Airtours disaster at MAN, I was only young one but I remember taking great pride in reminding the passengers in the cabin about that burnt out wreck at the side of the runway. I remember the take-off was like a rollercoaster – up a bit, down a bit, up a bit more, drop a bit, up a bit more again. They don’t make em like they used to.:D
By: PMN - 25th March 2009 at 20:32
Hmmmm…..you got me wondering now. You can’t just drop something like that and not say any more about it. Come on then, spill some beans on the subject…
I think Steve just means there are many incidents which in the grand scheme of things are minor but could be considered by those who take in media nonsense to be dangerous. Things like the ANA runway incursion mentioned in another thread. Such incidents actually do happen fairly regularly and I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve seen go-arounds because of it. Yes, it’s potentially an extremely dangerous situation that technically should never happen, but the systems in place these days are good enough (generally) to prevent incidents from happening, so it never really endangers anyone.
That said, I’ve been thinking about such incidents quite a lot recenty. I flew out of AMS the day before the Turkish 737 went down. I flew out of Tokyo Narita the day before the Fed-Ex MD-11 went down. Fortunately my flights to and from DUB yesterday were fine, so hopefully things like that have stopped following me! 😀
Paul
By: JetSet - 25th March 2009 at 20:20
If you knew half the things that went on in the pointy end you’d probably never fly again!!!
Hmmmm…..you got me wondering now. You can’t just drop something like that and not say any more about it. Come on then, spill some beans on the subject…
By: kevinwm - 25th March 2009 at 09:16
That,s why theres always A KFC a close to Airports :dev2::D
By: steve rowell - 24th March 2009 at 22:56
Blimey:eek: Good job I have faith in good pilots and am not a nervous flyer:rolleyes:
If you knew half the things that went on in the pointy end you’d probably never fly again!!!
By: JetSet - 23rd March 2009 at 22:33
Blimey:eek: Good job I have faith in good pilots and am not a nervous flyer:rolleyes:
By: steve rowell - 23rd March 2009 at 04:14
Dear god I hope that ain’t the truth?!?!:eek:
By: JetSet - 20th March 2009 at 21:44
It’s apparently a very common occurrence…
Dear god I hope that ain’t the truth?!?!:eek:
By: steve rowell - 20th March 2009 at 05:10
It’s apparently a very common occurrence…we’ve only started to hear more about them in the media since the Hudson river landing!!!
By: JetSet - 19th March 2009 at 23:25
PHEW. Did they keep the engine running or was it shut down? The report made it sound that it remained in use.
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