US Airways plane headed to New Jersey experienced an engine problem shortly after takeoff Friday afternoon and landed safely back at Sky Harbor International Airport.
A spokesman for the carrier says Flight 685 to Newark had a left engine compressor stall soon after it took off about 1:20 p.m. MST and the Airbus A320 had to circle back to Sky Harbor.
Airport spokeswoman Claire Stern says the plane landed without incident and there were no reported injuries.
US Airways spokesman Todd Lehmacher says the 150 passengers were being put on another plane for their flight to Newark.
Passenger Andrew Heisler said people heard “what sounded like a car backfiring” shortly after takeoff.
“We were already off the ground,” Heisler said. “Everybody was mumbling and looking at each other like, ‘What just happened?’ “
Source: APP.com
By: Arabella-Cox - 21st February 2010 at 19:49
Scary for the passengers, routine for the crew. The 727 used to (still does, I guess) suffer compressor stall on no. 2 engine at very high altitude, or sometimes when taking off or landing whilst applying thrust or reverse thrust in a crosswind. “Oh, It’s barking again!”
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February 20, 2010 at 9:20 pm