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Blown tire and Engine Down Leads to Emergency Landing in Newark


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What: United Boeing 757-200 en route from Newark to Berlin
Where: Newark
When: Aug 18 2012
Who: 173 aboard
Why: On takeoff, the plane blew a tire. Simultaneously, the plane gave feedback of problems with both engines, with witnesses seeing fire coming from the left engine. That engine was shut down. The plane managed to circle for two hours to burn off fuel before returning to make a safe landing in Newark.

In George’s Point of View


I should probably throw in my usual nag Maintenance! Maintenance! Maintenance! while at the same time praising the CRM and skill of the pilots. This could have certainly come out a much worse report, except that the pilots knew exactly what to do to have a safe outcome.

–commenting from London

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