On October 15, 1998, Delta Air Lines flight 915, a McDonnell Douglas MD-88, N902DE, experienced an uncontained failure in the No. 2 (right) engine, a PRatt &Whitney (P&W) JT8D-219, immediately after takeoff from Logan International Airport, Boston, Massachusetts. The pilots reported that, just after takeoff, they felt a light thump, the airplane yawed to the right, and the cockpit instrumentation indicated that the No. 2 engine has lost power. The pilots then declared an emergency and returned to Boston. None of the 128 passengers, 4 flight attendants, and 2 pilots on board were injured. The airplane was operating on an instrument flight rules flight plan under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 121 as a regularly scheduled passenger flght from Boston to Atlanta, Georgia.
On April 4, 1998 at 1034 eastern standard time, N111LR, a Cessna 525 CitiationJEt, and N737Wd, a Cessna 172 Skyhawk, collided in flight over Marietta,...
United States. National Transportation Safety Board
2001-10-23
Abstract:
This report explains the accident involving American Airlines flight 1420, a McDonnellDouglas MD-82, which crashed after it overran the end of runway ...
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