kalitta emrgency what happened

[cargojunkie]

any info on the kalitta flight from ord to ny that landed in Detroit?

 

[leardrivr]

Ya, The #1 engine disembarked the aircraft and is resting at the bottom of lake michigan. Looks like the wing faired preety good. Should be flying again soon. Got to love boeing. Most robust airplane ever built.

 

[RideTheWind]

Why did the #1 go solo?
Would stink if they all wanted to leave the nest.

 

[leardrivr]

Don't know yet. But I bet it vibrated real bad hence the diembarkment! That is a design feature to prevent a grenaded engine from damaging the wing.

 

[PoorJetDriver]

Ya, The #1 engine disembarked the aircraft and is resting at the bottom of lake michigan. Looks like the wing faired preety good. Should be flying again soon. Got to love boeing. Most robust airplane ever built.

You've never seen a Douglas airplane open up with a convertible top. Kalitta had a DC-8 lose 19 feet of wing in Panama after contacting some radio towers and after the McDonnell Douglas folks checked it out the flew it out like that.