Air Tran 717 problem in BOS

[General Lee]

Reuters
AirTran airliner catches fire at Boston airport
Wednesday October 1, 1:28 pm ET


BOSTON, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Passengers evacuated an AirTran Airways jet via emergency slides at Boston's Logan International Airport on Wednesday after one of the plane's engines spat flames as the pilot was preparing to take off.
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One man suffered a strained back in the incident aboard the AirTran Airways (NYSE:AAI - News) Boeing 717, which was carrying 27 passengers and five crew, said Massachusetts Port Authority spokesman Phil Orlandella.

"When the pilot pushed back from the gate there were flames coming out of the right engine," he said.

Ground personnel alerted the pilot to the flames in one of the airplane's tail-mounted engines.

The pilot activated systems to extinguish the blaze and then ordered the deployment of the emergency slides to evacuate the passengers, he said.

One man who complained of a strained back was taken to an area hospital, but none of the other Philadelphia-bound passengers were hurt.



Uncommanded evacuations are scary. Passengers are very nervous and jump the gun it seems. I am glad no one was seriously hurt.

Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[mad691]

I'm not a big fan either of them. Same thing happened a few months ago with that Delta 757 in TPA. I'm glad to that nobody was hurt.

 

[Ty Webb]

Oh! The Humanity!!!!!

Gotta love the way the Reuters story screams at you how the AirTran flight "CAUGHT FIRE AS IT WAS PREPARING to TAKEOFF!"

instead of what really happened, an engine abnormal start or fire during the pushback .

I guess the truth isn't nearly as exciting.

 

[Skank]

Accuracy obviously doesn't count in news, and it doesn't seem to count much in stock analysis. I've read a lot of B.S. in both lately.

 

[yaks]

Do you not prepare for takeoff prior to, during, and after pushback ?

 

[crosscut]

Do you not prepare for takeoff prior to, during, and after pushback ?

With yaks reasoning I can go one further: Do you not prepare for take off when you’re putting on your uniform in the morning? After all, you put your uniform on before you show up at the airport so that you can then 1)push, 2)taxi, and 3)take off. If I trip and fall while getting out the van, will that, too, be considered an accident (incident) taking place while the crew was preparing to take off? Just because you release the breaks “prior” to a push doesn’t mean you’re “preparing to take off.” Preparing to take off seems to conjure up an image of advancing throttles to set take off power.

Just because a landing is the next logical subsequence to a take off, why not "an engine fire as the crew was preparing to land?"

Anyway, as always, respectfully...

 

[Skank]

Sign him up. USA Today is hiring.

 

[Flying Freddie]

If it fits, It is news!

 

[Skank]

Wait, what does Johnny Cochran have to do with this?