50 SKY SHADES - World aviation news

Incident: Delta MD90 Near Baltimore on Sep. 30, 2015, Engine Shut down in Flight

Download: Printable PDF Date: 01 Oct 2015 03:51 (UTC) category:
Publisher:
Incident: Delta MD90 Near Baltimore on Sep. 30, 2015, Engine Shut down in Flight - Airlines publisher
Tatjana Obrazcova
Country: United States

A Delta Airlines  McDonnell Douglas MD-90, registration N959DN performing flight DL-1086 from Atlanta,GA to New York La Guardia,NY (U.S.) with 109 passengers and 6 crew, was enroute at FL310 about 160nm south of Washington Dulles,DC (U.S.) when the crew decided to divert to Washington reporting the right hand engine (V2528) had been shut down prompting ATC to inquire whether the aircraft would be able to perform right hand turns. While on approach to Dulles Airport maintaining 4000 feet the crew inquired about the weather at Baltimore and subsequently decided to land on Baltimore's runway 33L adivsing ATC that they did not have Dulles Airport in their FMS database, even though they had the paper approach plates they preferred to land on an aerodrome included in the FMS database. The aircraft was vectored for an approach to Baltimore's runway 33L where the aircraft landed safely about 20 minutes later.

The remainder of the flight was cancelled, the passengers were rebooked onto other flights.

A passenger reported the right engine emitted a loud boom followed by the entire airframe shuddering.





Recommended

Britten-Norman announces Unleaded Fuel Modification for piston engine Islanders

Britten-Norman is taking the next step on its journey towards sustainable aviation with the introduction of the Unleaded Fuel Modification for its BN2B-26 piston engine Islander aircraft. The thr...

airBaltic Pilot Academy celebrates the 100th graduate and welcomes 15 new students

Today, 18 students graduated from the Pilot Academy of the Latvian national airline airBaltic, receiving a commercial pilot license upon completion of the full-time airline transport pi...

Pegasus Airlines selects Lufthansa Technik for A320 family base maintenance services

Pegasus Airlines entrusted Lufthansa Technik with providing comprehensive Base Maintenance Services for its fast-growing Airbus A320 family fleet. The recently signed three-year agreement includes mor...

Passengers numbers at Riga Airport increased by 8 % in August

According to preliminary data on the Airport's performance, RIX Riga Airport handled 740 thousand passengers in August, which is 8 % more than in August last year. Since the beginning of...

Android Apps development in Riga, Latvia