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What: Andes Lineas Aereas McDonnell Douglas MD-82 en route from Buenos Aires Newbery,BA to Puerto Madryn Argentina
Where: Bahia Blanca
When: May 22nd 2009
Who: 140 passengers and 7 crew
Why: The right engine shut down when oil pressure (or the quantity of oil) went down. The flight was diverted to divert to Bahia Blanca

George’s Point of View

Another emergency on another MD-82. Two engines are always safer than one, and we’re all glad they made a safe diversion…

Now…how old was the plane? Was this a leak that just developed, or a lapse of maintenance?

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