Posted on 04/19/2012 9:50:57 PM PDT by BenLurkin
NEW YORK (CBS) A Delta flight, bound for Los Angeles, made an emergency landing Thursday at John F. Kennedy International Airport because of a bird strike.
The FAA said Delta Flight 1063, a Boeing 757, declared an emergency for an engine related problem shortly after takeoff at 3:10 p.m.
It was absolutely terrifying, Grant Cardone, author and Huffington Post contributor, told KNX 1070.
I picked up my iPad and for some odd reason, started videoing the takeoff of this flight. The next thing I see come across the iPad screen is a flock of black birds hit the engine. It sounded like cars going through the engine of the plane. And maybe four or five seconds later . . . the plane just goes up and down like we hit really really bad weather, then we smelled fire and I thought it was coming through the plane. (To watch Cardones video of the incident, click here.)
Officials said the cabin filled with smoke, and the pilot turned around immediately.
The pilot could be heard in an air traffic control recording, Delta 1063 has had an engine failure on the right engine declaring an emergency due to a bird strike.
The air traffic control tower responded, Delta 1063 we have declared an emergency engine failure on the right engine.
The pilot then informed air traffic control that the plane was carrying 179 people 172 passengers and 7 crew members.
Delta said the flight landed at JFK without incident. No injuries were reported.
When Cardone walked off the plane he filmed another video, saying, hit the right engine, the plane shook I thought we were coming down. I choked on the video and closed it and went to grab my phone to see if I had reception because I was literally calling my wife to say, Hey this may be my last flight, I was that scared.
The airline was working on getting the passengers on another flight.
The Delta pilots did an unbelievable job, everybody was very calm, the passengers were great, Cardone said.
Correction: The video mentions that the plane has three engines when it, in fact, has two.
Reminds me of the Far Side cartoon, where the bird is watching TV with the bird reporter reporting with a plane crash in the background,
“Details are still sketchy, but we think the name of the bird sucked into the jet’s engines was Harold Meeker.”
What difference does that make? The rules for takeoff are ALL electronic devices.
OMG.
Heh, imagine you are sitting behind him, casually looking at the big screen as he takes the movie!
“WTF WAS THAT?????????????”
Followed by smoke...
I asked, because even though I think it may very well be stupid and needless to turn off electronic devices, I do it anyway with no lip or attitude. I recognize that rule is very likely intentionally VERY broad for a reason.
It always irritates me when someone gives the flight crew a hard time. Usually, they are just trying to do their job.
I didn’t know if your post was a shot at that. Nothing personal.
Followed closely by:
Ah, crud. Sorry about the large format, folks.
Heh, my short career as a Navy jet mechanic taught me many things about many things, and not all of them had to do with jet engines...:)
Best thing that I ever did, followed closely by marrying my wife...or vice versa!
There...fixed it! (Nevermind...:)
I have a fair amount of experience in civilian aircraft (never military)...A380 down to a 15 seater whatever,and everything in between.I've been in one or two situations where I was *somewhat* concerned,but not panic stricken,in the air;a sudden,extreme "dive" in a 707 flying from Cairo to Dar Es Salaam being the most memorable.Perhaps your Navy experience gives you a knowledge advantage over us amateurs.
I thought we had a deal with the pigeons. They’re supposed to get out of the way.
I will say, aviation has an absolute surplus of pucker-inducing material.
I spent fours years in the Navy, most of it on a carrier (during peacetime, no less) and I saw a lot just from my vantage point. Four years worth, and then I think of people like you who have spent a career in it, I can only imagine the things you see.
I’ve seen five mishaps. It gave me a sense of scale later on, when I thought “I am one person in a unit, and there are a lot of “units” out there...”
“...That’s a lot of planes crashing.”
During peacetime, just practicing at war...that many planes go down.
Yeah. Aviation ranks up there as a place to see wild things, and not always good things, and that while we are just trying to fly routinely without attempting to destroy something.
Or evade something...like the ground.
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