Turks and Caicos | George Hatcher's Air Flight Disaster https://airflightdisaster.com Aviation News, Headlines & Alerts Tue, 29 Oct 2013 17:48:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 Smoking Engine in Turks and Caicos Islands https://airflightdisaster.com/smoking-engine-in-turks-and-caicos-islands/ Mon, 28 Oct 2013 17:20:55 +0000 http://airflightdisaster.com/?p=26068 On Oct 23, an American Airlines Boeing 757-200 en route from Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago) to Miami reported a fire in the cockpit, a smoking engine and a loss of fuel. With smoke in the cockpit, and a hot engine, pilots made a safe landing when they diverted to Providenciales, Turks and Caicos...

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]]> On Oct 23, an American Airlines Boeing 757-200 en route from Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago) to Miami reported a fire in the cockpit, a smoking engine and a loss of fuel. With smoke in the cockpit, and a hot engine, pilots made a safe landing when they diverted to Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands.

None of the 169 passengers and 6 crew reported injury.

Some sources reported “There was no fire anywhere” but other sources say there was an engine fire. American Airlines sent a replacement flight which made it to Miami Tuesday.

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