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UNITED ENGINE CATCHES FIRE MINUTES INTO FLIGHT FROM BUSH AIRPORT: 'THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO DIE'
abc13.com ^ | March 6, 2024 | Luke Jones

Posted on 03/07/2024 7:22:08 AM PST by V_TWIN

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1 posted on 03/07/2024 7:22:08 AM PST by V_TWIN
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Another Boeing 737


2 posted on 03/07/2024 7:23:18 AM PST by ducttape45 (Proverbs 14:34, "Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.")
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To: V_TWIN

Compressor stall...saw the video.


3 posted on 03/07/2024 7:25:58 AM PST by 6ppc (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act -George Orwell)
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Are the darn things cursed or what? 🤷


4 posted on 03/07/2024 7:26:10 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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Never have we seen so many horrible issues with airplane flight.


5 posted on 03/07/2024 7:26:30 AM PST by dforest
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6 posted on 03/07/2024 7:28:43 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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Diversity hire pilot exceeded allowed angle of attack on climb out?


7 posted on 03/07/2024 7:28:44 AM PST by Blueflag
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Absorbing McDonnell-Douglass combined with embracing wokeness is killing Boeing.


8 posted on 03/07/2024 7:28:47 AM PST by brownsfan (It's going to take real, serious, hard times to wake the American public.)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dha-XQeG3RY


9 posted on 03/07/2024 7:30:42 AM PST by RckyRaCoCo (Time to throw them out of the Temple...again)
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UNITED ENGINE CATCHES FIRE MINUTES INTO FLIGHT FROM BUSH AIRPORT: 'THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO DIE'

Back when planes had four engines, the pilot could kill one and still fly pretty good. Now with only two, that is not as easy.

10 posted on 03/07/2024 7:31:56 AM PST by The Sons of Liberty (Joe couldn't spell cat if you spotted him the 'C' and the 'A'.)
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I’m reading that there’s a terrible shortage of competent aircraft mechanics. And/or DEI is putting incompetent people into the job.

I won’t blame Boeing for this...they don’t make the engines. In fact in a lot of cases the airline specifies which engines the aircraft they buy will be fitted with, so one airline’s planes will have Pratt & Whitney, the next can have GE, and the next may have Rolls-Royce. May or may not be true for the 737s. I’ve been away from the industry for almost 15 years now.


11 posted on 03/07/2024 7:33:29 AM PST by Chad C. Mulligan
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These days, the size and thrust those engines put out, not that difficult. Now if it was, as someone pointed out, a compressor stall and you don’t deal with it properly, you’ll have issues with the surging (again, big monster engines surging can feel like you’re on a roller coaster ride.)


12 posted on 03/07/2024 7:42:49 AM PST by GMThrust
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Bird strike. Not a diversity hire issue. Pilot was calm and professional...handled it perfectly.


13 posted on 03/07/2024 7:43:28 AM PST by 6ppc (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act -George Orwell)
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Yes...and the ground crews...no puedo hablar ingles...


14 posted on 03/07/2024 7:50:08 AM PST by YouGoTexasGirl ( )
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15 posted on 03/07/2024 7:52:05 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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Agreed. I have been on 4 flights where the jet experienced compressor stall. Scary the first time, more of an inconvenience .


16 posted on 03/07/2024 7:52:07 AM PST by Kaiser8408a (z)
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Bird strike? For Heavens sakes, what have they got to go on strike about? Is this a pay issue or about union dues again?


17 posted on 03/07/2024 7:53:30 AM PST by BipolarBob (If you bring up my past, you should know that Jesus dropped all of the charges.)
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To: V_TWIN

Seems deliberate. All the issues…


18 posted on 03/07/2024 7:54:05 AM PST by EEGator
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That’s a bird strike? What did they hit, a pterodactyl?


19 posted on 03/07/2024 7:54:14 AM PST by BlackbirdSST (Trump or Bust! Long live the Republic.)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

What is that from?


20 posted on 03/07/2024 7:54:43 AM PST by neverevergiveup
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