Posted on 08/04/2025 9:47:33 AM PDT by Red Badger
Anxiety-inducing audio captured a United Airlines pilot calling “Mayday” when one of its engines failed moments after taking off for a trans-Atlantic flight.
“Failure, engine failure, left engine,” the pilots of United Flight 108 radioed air traffic controllers as it departed from Washington Dulles International Airport on July 25.
“Declaring an emergency. Mayday, mayday, mayday,” the pilot added.
Flight 108 departed from the DC airport just before 6 p.m. that Friday to begin a nearly eight-hour flight across the ocean to Munich, Germany.
But mere moments after becoming airborne, the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner’s engine cut out as it reached about 10,000 feet, according to audio obtained by the flight tracker You can see ATC.
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AVIATION PING!....................
Boeing.
Engine.
Not made by Boeing.
Maintenance.
Done by United Airlines.
But go ahead ... follow the crowd ... don’t use your brain.
We used to joke that the purpose of the second engine was to get you to the scene of the crash faster after the first engine failed.
Those days are pretty much in the past; modern airliners can sustain flight ... even take off ... on one engine.
I don’t get the near religious devotion people have to Boeing on this website. Why can’t you acknowledge some room for accountability, and that many a great American company has suffered similar declines in recent decades?
I don't get the near religious hatred of Boeing people have on this website.
Speaking for myself only, I'm tired of ignorami on this forum bashing Boeing for maintenance and operation failures that are squarely the airlines' responsibility.
Also, the engines aren't made by Boeing. That's a simple true fact that you cannot honestly deny.
Also, aircraft maintenance is the owner's (United Airlines, in this case) responsibility. That's a simple true fact that you cannot honestly deny.
Air traffic controllers advised the flight to begin turning northeast to begin returning to Dulles.But with its fuel tanks filled for the long flight that was planned, pilots realized the aircraft was too heavy to safely land and requested space to circle while its tanks were sufficiently emptied.
After about 30 minutes, the plane began its descent and landed without issue.
The flight’s 219 passengers and 11 crew all deplaned safely.
The aircraft flew in circles for HALF AN HOUR burning down a full load of fuel ... ON ONE ENGINE.
And you have the insufferable gall to trash the manufacturer???
Your only response should be an apology for being dumb.
Have a nice day.
I think that is Robert Stack. He was in the high and the mighty with John Wayne.
“We used to joke that the purpose of the second engine was to get you to the scene of the crash faster after the first engine failed.”
Never heard that but the old twin prop planes were hard to handle with an engine failure on take off.
Made worse due to lack of pilot training on that scenario.
Spent a lot of time on one of those doing airborne electronics testing. Never actually had a problem ... our aircraft provider had an absolutely brilliant maintenance team. We joked anyway ... operating out of the boonies adjusts your attitude.
In my flight training many years ago I was taught that, for light aircraft, the advantage of a single engine in the event of failure is that it limits your choices. With twin engine aircraft, the pilot would often try to do what wasn’t advisable i.e. try to get to a better landing spot as opposed to making the best of what you have. Things like a turn would often lead to a spin.
“The aircraft flew in circles for HALF AN HOUR burning down a full load of fuel “
Dump8ng fuel.
I am pretty sure engine maintenance is done by the engine manufacturer. As I understand it, the engines are sold for a song, the real cost and revenue for the mfg is in maintenance.
Thankfully they didn’t employ the India Air procedure to shut off the fuel to both engines at the same time.
“Municipal bonds Ted...We’re talking Double-A Rating....Best investment in America.”
Lots of engine failures lately. Makes one wonder.
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