"Something is wrong with the left phalange!"
-PJ
Posted on 08/27/2016 2:37:42 PM PDT by jazusamo
Photo at link.
A Southwest Airlines flight from New Orleans to Orlando made an emergency landing Saturday morning in Pensacola after a mid-air malfunction sidelined the plane’s primary engine.
Federal investigators are now trying to determine the cause of what a Southwest spokesperson described as an “mechanical issue with the number one engine.”
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
It was the bi pass line
"Something is wrong with the left phalange!"
-PJ
Thanks for the link...Very scary and like you said in your previous post the containment structure did it’s job and there was only a couple dents in the fuselage.
Yes, the number one engine decided to take a number two!
What's the stock play? CFM is privately held by the parents. Short GE and/or Safran SA? Short SW if they have to ground a large part of their fleet?
The biggest part of the SW fleet is these 737 models (90% of fleet) using the CFM engines:
Boeing 737-700 - 490 (the plane that had the malfunction)
Boeing 737-800 - 124
What’s that red on part of the remains of the engine ? Blood ? as in bird strike?
On closer examination I think it’s a red sealant.
Just the nose cone.
I’ve no idea but doubt it due to the pattern.
Yep, I agree.
Gremlin got to that.
From a financial standpoint, I think SWA owns their jets and leases their engines.
#15 I see now what is wrong. They misspelled Southwest incorrectly.
Looks like the spinning parts were not the proplem
Is the primary engine the one on the right, the one on the left, or is the reporter an idiot that’s never seen an airplane?
[Sigh] This is what passes for journalism today. Supposedly the reporters at the Washington Times aren’t rookies, but it’s clear the author of this piece doesn’t know beans about aviation. Memo to the Times editor: hire yourself an aviation reporter or someone who understands that #1 and #2 don’t mean primary and secondary when referring to an airliner’s engines. Good thing it wasn’t a B-52; the writer would have been totally confused.
Needs some zip tape for the fuselage. Any inside pictures so we can look for blood stains?
Looks like the engine cowling was not properly locked in place.
Note the hole in the fuselage in the picture
No holes....Just some big dents. Must have been exciting to be seated inside and where the dent by the window is.
Pilots train frequently for these events. Engine loss before V1, you stop on the runway. After V1 speed, you can safely continue the takeoff on one engine.
Never lost an engine in 37 yrs of flying. (knock on wood)
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