Posted on 03/12/2019 9:38:08 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
NEWARK, New Jersey (WABC) -- Federal authorities say a Newark-to-Houston United Airlines flight declared an emergency when an engine shut down as the plane was descending into their destination Sunday night.
Flight 1168, a Boeing 737-900, was carrying 174 passengers and six crew members when engine trouble began as the plane neared George Bush Intercontinental Airport.
One passenger told Houston media outlets that he heard a loud bang, felt a strong vibration and saw a flash of light.
"I noticed as we were coming into Houston airport, I heard sounds that I don't normally hear when I fly," passenger Leonard Weiner said.
Weiner said the captain came onto the plane and told everyone to evacuate.
Chris Morrison said he was dozing off when he suddenly heard a loud bang that woke him up. He said he saw a flash of light out of the window.
"People were starting to panic," he said. "Everyone kept hitting the flight attendant call button."
Another passenger said he saw flames coming from the engine, but a Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman says emergency responders found no evidence of fire or smoke.
United spokeswoman Rachael Rivas said some people suffered minor injuries while evacuating the plane.
The emergency came the same day an Ethiopian Airlines' Boeing 737 Max 8 crashed, killing 157 people. Another plane of the same model crashed last October in Indonesia, killing 189. The 737 Max 8 is a newer model that's part of a fleet meant to replace the 737-900 and other Boeing aircraft.
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Im going to come find you in a week just to say I told you so
My dad once flew space-a on a C-119 “Flying Boxcar”, and before they even started the engines the crew handed out parachutes to the passengers.
ok sounds good, but you’ll still be wrong in a week. Boeing will not be out of business. Just like the Toyota Stuck accelerator thing, this will pass and some money will change hands.
Schitt happens.
You know what’s scarier than flying commercially? Driving in the Colorado I-25 corridor with a bunch of dope heads.
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Done did dat.
LOL, I used to be a jet mechanic in the old days (USN) and I never liked the DC-10. There was something hodgepodge about it.
My wife and I were flying over to Spain, and we had to walk out onto the tarmac to board, and...cue dread music...it was an Iberian Airlines DC-10!
Gahhh. But what are you gonna do but board? One of the worst flights I took in my life, a real cattle car with a baby two rows up that squalled the entire time.
Now, I would just put on my sound cancelling earphones, but back then...NADA!
Brain fart on my part.
They probably already had.
Yep, i flew a few thousand miles last week with no incidents,
Drove 8 miles this morning and almost got hit twice
I always thought they were rattle cans.
Southwest sent the 717s they got in the merger to Delta. They should be back to an all 737 fleet now.
737 is all they fly.
He’s a crew member, I take it.
No. Musician.
The 737 must be a charter.
Southwest has 4,000 fights per day. Your son will be just fine.
All flights tomorrow are cancelled. 8 inches of snow on Denver airport.
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