Climbing a bit slow...

[Blucher]

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/11/08/emergency.landing/index.html

-Blucher

 

[sat74]

from the audio link "the pilots said it was not a very easy thing to do...land on 1 engine on the left"

WTF? When is enough, enough?

 

[AKMD80GUY]

I wonder what FAA approved repair station he was refering to. Probably the same ones our managemet leaders contract our heavy maintenance to.

 

[DrewBlows]

An object had been sucked into the engine as the nose wheel lifted from the ground and officials are trying to identify it.
The engine-to-wing supporting structure is designed to release an engine "when extreme forces are applied," to prevent structural damage to the wing, Nationwide said on its Web site.

What did they hit? A steam-roller?

 

[DairyAir]

Didn't know a 737 could dump fuel?

 

[SuperFLUF]

Didn't know a 737 could dump fuel?

Maybe if they forgot to pull the fire switch for #2?