Delta engine falls apart midflight before emergency landing, video at link

Hire third or second worlders to build your parts and maintain your crafts, and this will happen.

Let me guess, White pilot?

This plane would have crashed if they would have hired one of those to pilot the plane as well.

This global bullshit is the most retarded thing ever.

A bunch of idiots here that know nothing about the aviation industry.

Shit happens, it's about how the emergency is handled and the training of the flight crews. Flying is safe because it is drilled over and over again how to respond to emergencies. When shit goes wrong pilots are trained to respond in the best way possible.

How many people have died on a commercial flight in the US in the last 5 years? I believe it's like 1 or 2. There was the lady on that SW flight and maybe 1 other. There hasn't been a major crash killing all on board in the US for over a decade. The last was Colgan air in NY I believe, and that resulted in a lot of changes in the industry.

You people crying about how unsafe flying is have no clue what you're talking about.

BULLSHIT. Not well maintained? WTF are you smoking? These are the most well maintained machines in the world with the highest standards for maintenance.

Literally falling apart? How many flights are there a day? One aircraft has an emergency where a well trained crew got everyone on the ground safely and in your mind that means they're all literally falling apart? Idiot.

..STILL..BETTER THAN A 737 MAX...

The plane didn’t even have a Falange!!!

I apologize for the link, it's merely convenient.

Deaths and incidents per year according to ACRO and Bureau of Aircraft Accident Archives data, as of 1 January 2019:

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239 people on MH370 alone, and a few other full planes have gone down.

Last 5 years in the US?

9, more depending upon what you want to include as "commercial".

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Still, far better than world stats in the 1000's.

Better off in newer Boeing MAX planes.

Those are very old, but very reliable planes. However, a craft is only as airworthy as the maintenance department keeps her. ..

What are you talking about?

The plane landed safely...

I guess each and every one of you maintain your cars to where you have never had a problem and right now if I checked your tires and brakes and all good!

They landed safely didn't they? DL is a good airline and don't worry for those that don't like them the MDs will be gone fairly soon!

Don't aircraft engines typically have vibration sensors that flag the engine and let maintenance know when a part is vibrating more than expected? Seems I read that in one of my trade magazines.

It gives me confidence to hear about incidents like this .
A safe landing after a engine failed .
Well done to the pilots , i'll fly with you anytime .

Not so off topic...

Operations suspended at London Gatwick Airport due to an air traffic control systems failure!

Air traffic control system has gone down

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Yes they do and most now are equipped to send almost continuous engine trend data to the airlines powerplant engineering dept via ACARS. I see ton's of coded engine data on planes inflight everyday! Big airline engine brother is watching!

London Gatwick airport ATC is fixed now
Looks like they're back up and going


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Compressor bearing failed, could be a defective bearing, it was installed improperly at the overhaul shop or just a high time engine and shit happens. Probably clogged the oil filter and the DPI popped and the engine shuts itself down before it shakes itself apart. MD-80 can fly easily on one engine.

this x1000

commies want it all destroyed and they are winning for now..

you mean the white pilot was a hero and avoided catastrophe?

Flying commercial is the safest way to travel. But they aren't infallible and maintenance shortcuts are frequently taken--even on US based airlines. Check out Southwest's NTSB fines over the past 10 years...they've paid in millions for outsourced maintenance and equipment problems.

The number of near calls is pretty staggering.

There need to be more aircraft manufacturers. It was better when Boeing had Lockheed and McDonnell Douglas as competitors.

I can't believe Delta is still flying a thirty year old MD-88.

When Boeing acquired McDonnell Douglas, they renamed the MD-95 the Boeing 717. They cancelled those because they didn't want the competition with their 737, but the airlines actually wanted the MD-95/Boeing 717. The tail engine design isn't found on any other new commercial airliners that I know of.

Most of these "legacy" airlines should have failed and not been bailed out after 9/11. They have always been poorly managed and inefficient. It was better when there was more competition. Another case of anti-trust laws being ignored and mergers and acquisitions not being stopped.

Saw this 24 hours ago. Ya'll slacking.

True enough, ScrumpTheTexan, but remember that one GLP thread from months ago where it was proven that all of these major airlines outsource literally all of their aircraft maintenance to third worlders complete with cheap Chinese parts? I think we're seeing precisely what happens when these major airlines decide to seriously commit to non-American, high quality strict maintenance cycles with equally high quality parts.

Delta = Death

I took a Delta flight of hell 15 years ago and vowed never again to fly with them....

I tranferred planes because the one I got on had problems so we switch to another plane and when they open the door it fell on the ground.

The people we were with said HELL NAW we aint getting on that plane. The Delta people looks liked they looked embarrased.

A 7 hour flight turned to a 12 hour craziness....

We did get on plane after that worked but I was freaked out and decided never again to fly with them....

likely true because the turd world mechanics screwed that plane over big time I bet..

737 = flying death trap

Here's my airline story:

Four years ago I flew from California to New England. While stopping at Phoenix they tried to load food into the airplane. They put the food cart on a hydraulic lift but it got caught on the plane door 15 feet into the air. It bent the fucking door! The door would not shut close and the light would stay on telling the pilot one of his doors are open. We were stranded there for 5 hours. I missed my transfer flight and had to spend the night in Philly. The Knee-grow woman at the desk tried to send me to a hotel in downtown Philly at 1am in the night knowing full well I would get mugged. Luckily her friend gave me a room at the Hilton inside the airport. I would have been killed walking around Philly at that time of night. The black new that too. I don't fly anymore.

Dang! At least you survived to join GLP and contribute here, Joe in Joshua Tree.

Margin compression. It's happening all over the economy.