flops engine out inflight on 8/19

[Jack Mehoff]

we were on boston center over cape cod yesterday when flops 715 called in with an engine failure. Just wondering what happened. The controler and the pilots did a great job getting to PVD. Is this another fuel freez up?

 

[skyismyoffice]

Nope, the engine just took a dump. Obvious mechanical failure.

 

[Jack Mehoff]

hope the engine wiped good then.

 

[Guitar Guy]

Here's the link to the info on flightaware: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/OPT715

Glad to hear that no one was hurt.

 

[C680]

Flightaware picture

Saw the flight path picture on Flightaware.com.

In the northern hemisphere when crap goes down the drain it does spin counter-clockwise! They made a few left turns on their way down the tube to Providunce.

Good job fellow airmen. Nobody hurt on the ground safe and sound. Now gird yourselves for the battle with management.

 

[dime line]

Saw the flight path picture on Flightaware.com.

In the northern hemisphere when crap goes down the drain it does spin counter-clockwise! They made a few left turns on their way down the tube to Providunce.

Good job fellow airmen. Nobody hurt on the ground safe and sound. Now gird yourselves for the battle with management.

They will MDL the engine!!!!!Dam I hate this place

 

[100fly]

MDL the engine?

 

[dime line]

MDL the engine?

Yea why not, we have a "super" special POI that lets us do it, also we are "super" pilots

 

[say again]

MDL the engine?

Ya never heard of the MDL??


Yeah, me neither. Did he mean, maybe, MEL??:laugh:

 

[FracMonkey]

Nope, he meant MDL

"Maintenance Deferred List." It really exists and FLOPS abuses it regularly.

Consisting of items that "do not affect the airworthiness of the aircraft and are mainly cosmetic in nature." Now all managment has to do is convince our POI that the second engine is "mainly cosmetic in nature." Wonder how long that will take.......

By the way does anyone suppose that FLOPS made the required NTSB 830 report? Things that make you go "Hmmmmmm......"