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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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Airbus has been having their share of issues too. The duopoly is unfortunate .
Thanks ... just listened to the conversation. Professionalism all around, Dulles, Potomac, and the aircrew.
Airbus, or airlines?
Doesn't matter whether the hardware was made by Boeing or Airbus or Canadair or Bombardier or whatever ... the owner/operator is responsible for maintenance.
I think airplanes can dump fuel. No way they would burn enough fuel on one engine in 30 minutes.
That’s because subhuman indians are unbelievably stupid.
Exactly...not Boeing’s fault
The flight crew:
Sum Ting Wong
We Too Low
Bang Ding Ow
Ho Lee Fook
Airbus. And regardless of the inadequacies of maintenance on the ground, or the breakdown in air traffic control both domestically and abroad...the point is that whether from bottom up, or top down, commercial aviation is NOT in good shape and that includes the corporate leadership at Boeing being in among the worst shape of all.
I agree. But there are many short sighted people involved...
I don’t think gen aviation people practice IFR nearly enough.
Boeing says you don’t need 4 engines but only need 1 engine to cross the oceans so having 2 is redundancy...
And you keep dodging the point: THIS INCIDENT IS A MAINTENANCE PROBLEM at United. BTW, you should listen to the ATC conversation: excellent example of calm professionalism from both aircrew and ATC.
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