http://www.flightsfromhell.com/2007/10/first-class-ticket-to-disaster/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=first-class-ticket-to-disaster A fun flying blog with airline travel stories Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:17:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.flightsfromhell.com/2007/10/first-class-ticket-to-disaster/#comment-573 Scott Fri, 03 Apr 2009 10:48:59 +0000 http://www.iwanttime.com/?p=388#comment-573 A failed engine is not that big of a deal. It happens at least once a week somewhere in the world. Last summer coming out of Memphis we lost an engine on a MD-88 just after rotation. We leveled out at pattern atltitude, circled back and the pilot greased in one of the best landings I have ever seen. Not a big deal. It did help that since I work in the aviation industry I knew what was going on and knew the danger was minimual. I can see how your average flyer would freak. A failed engine is not that big of a deal. It happens at least once a week somewhere in the world. Last summer coming out of Memphis we lost an engine on a MD-88 just after rotation. We leveled out at pattern atltitude, circled back and the pilot greased in one of the best landings I have ever seen. Not a big deal. It did help that since I work in the aviation industry I knew what was going on and knew the danger was minimual. I can see how your average flyer would freak.

]]> http://www.flightsfromhell.com/2007/10/first-class-ticket-to-disaster/#comment-572 ryan h Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:30:46 +0000 http://www.iwanttime.com/?p=388#comment-572 if you handed with the force to pop a tire, had a failed engine... let me tell you... you would not be on the runway for 2 hours lol... if you handed with the force to pop a tire, had a failed engine… let me tell you… you would not be on the runway for 2 hours lol…

]]> http://www.flightsfromhell.com/2007/10/first-class-ticket-to-disaster/#comment-571 JH Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:53:04 +0000 http://www.iwanttime.com/?p=388#comment-571 Although unnerving, don't worry quite so much about a single-engine incident. Not only are U.S.-certified jetliners able to fly and land on one engine, but they can take off on one engine as well. Incidents of dual-engine failure in modern jets are extraordinarily rare (but well publicized). Although unnerving, don't worry quite so much about a single-engine incident. Not only are U.S.-certified jetliners able to fly and land on one engine, but they can take off on one engine as well. Incidents of dual-engine failure in modern jets are extraordinarily rare (but well publicized).

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