United Flight Makes Emergency Landing in D.C.
05-17-2010, 04:56 AM
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United Flight Makes Emergency Landing in D.C.
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CHANTILLY, Va. -- A United Airlines flight from New York made an emergency landing outside Washington after a fire broke out in the plane's cockpit, a spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administration said.
The fire aboard the Boeing 757 was extinguished before the plane landed Sunday night and no injuries were reported, FAA spokeswoman Holly Baker said.
United Airlines spokesman Mike Trevino said the plane took off from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport bound for Los Angeles and was diverted to Dulles International Airport, where it landed at 9:36 p.m. All 105 passengers and seven crew members got off safely, Trevino said. He did not have any other details.
Baker said the FAA was investigating the incident but to her knowledge, there was no criminal activity involved.
Passenger Phil Lobel, who has a public relations business in Los Angeles, told The Associated Press that about 30 minutes into the flight he detected an electrical burning smell.
He said flight attendants began going over emergency instructions with passengers in the exit rows and someone brought up a fire extinguisher from the back of the plane to the cockpit.
Lobel said the plane landed within about 20 minutes, and a half-dozen or more emergency vehicles met the aircraft in Virginia.
Afterward, Lobel said passengers who had seats in the front of the plane showed him photographs they took of flames in the cockpit. Some of the passengers on the flight were celebrities, he said.
About an hour after the plane landed, Lobel received an e-mail from United apologizing for the "experience" he had on the flight.
CHANTILLY, Va. -- A United Airlines flight from New York made an emergency landing outside Washington after a fire broke out in the plane's cockpit, a spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administration said.
The fire aboard the Boeing 757 was extinguished before the plane landed Sunday night and no injuries were reported, FAA spokeswoman Holly Baker said.
United Airlines spokesman Mike Trevino said the plane took off from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport bound for Los Angeles and was diverted to Dulles International Airport, where it landed at 9:36 p.m. All 105 passengers and seven crew members got off safely, Trevino said. He did not have any other details.
Baker said the FAA was investigating the incident but to her knowledge, there was no criminal activity involved.
Passenger Phil Lobel, who has a public relations business in Los Angeles, told The Associated Press that about 30 minutes into the flight he detected an electrical burning smell.
He said flight attendants began going over emergency instructions with passengers in the exit rows and someone brought up a fire extinguisher from the back of the plane to the cockpit.
Lobel said the plane landed within about 20 minutes, and a half-dozen or more emergency vehicles met the aircraft in Virginia.
Afterward, Lobel said passengers who had seats in the front of the plane showed him photographs they took of flames in the cockpit. Some of the passengers on the flight were celebrities, he said.
About an hour after the plane landed, Lobel received an e-mail from United apologizing for the "experience" he had on the flight.
05-17-2010, 06:25 AM
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Wow, kind of feel that there may be a little bit of over dramatization to this story. Then again, maybe not. If the flames are big enough to see around the flight deck door, it has to be one big fire. I guess electrical shorts can get pretty nasty but they are usually short lived with all that load shedding and inhibiting. Goodjob anyways!
05-17-2010, 07:40 AM
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Originally Posted by afterburn81
Wow, kind of feel that there may be a little bit of over dramatization to this story.
As a professional pilot, a cabin/cockpit fire is my BIGGEST in-flight fear.
05-17-2010, 01:23 PM
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Originally Posted by afterburn81
Wow, kind of feel that there may be a little bit of over dramatization to this story.
IMO there is no such thing as a over dramatization of an in-flight fire.
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05-17-2010, 02:43 PM
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Originally Posted by BoilerUP
IMO, there's no way to over dramatize any situation with an open flame in a sealed, pressurized aluminum tube thousands of feet in the air.
As a professional pilot, a cabin/cockpit fire is my BIGGEST in-flight fear.
As a professional pilot, a cabin/cockpit fire is my BIGGEST in-flight fear.
Mine is a mid-air. Just need one guy with no transponder for TCAS not to work.
05-17-2010, 03:04 PM
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Originally Posted by TonyWilliams
Mine is a mid-air. Just need one guy with no transponder for TCAS not to work.
Originally Posted by rickair7777
Me Too!
And both of us socal boys...coincidence?
And both of us socal boys...coincidence?
I'm not sure I'll feel any different moving out of the SoCal area though.
As far as the poster commenting on the dramatics - I didn't feel that the poster was saying that in-flight fire - in the cockpit or elsewhere - was not serious, but rather some of hte commentary in the story such as the sentence that Airhoss highlighted. Who cares of there were some celebrities onboard
It is some how more newsworthy or would have been more tragic is circumstances had ended differently?USMCFLYR
05-17-2010, 04:16 PM
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Well atleast it wasnt a real celebrity!
Well atleast it wasnt a real celebrity!
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