Pilot Halts Takeoff of NWA Plane in Florida

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Pilot Halts Takeoff Of NWA Plane In Fla.

(AP) Orlando, Fla. A Northwest Airlines pilot halted takeoff from Orlando International Airport after one of the plane's engines shut down Monday, authorities said.

Detroit, Mich.-bound Flight 529 never made it into the air after a pilot saw smoke coming from one of the engines around 3:45 p.m., airport spokesman Rod Johnson said.

"The pilots aborted takeoff due to an engine that shut down," Northwest spokesman Roman Blahoski said.

Two of the plane's tires blew out as the pilots' slowed it down on the runway, Blahoski said.

No injuries were reported among the 146 passengers on board the Airbus 320.

All the passengers were bused back to the terminal, where they were being rebooked on other flights, authorities said. The plane was towed off the runway.

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[Captain Overs]

How can a pilot see smoke coming from the engine on the takeoff roll?

 

[Slice121]

Took off with a tailwind, of course.

 

[iaflyer]

Must of been some tailwind!

 

[Erlanger]

It never said that the pilots of the departing aircraft saw the smoke. Maybe a pilot from another plane holding short or taxing saw it and radioed it in. Also, when does the media ever get these stories straight anyway? This article says they aborted after the engine shut down. I don't think you need to see smoke if an engine looses power and you're not past V1 to know that an abort is the only course of action.

 

[AngelKing]

It never said that the pilots of the departing aircraft saw the smoke. Maybe a pilot from another plane holding short or taxing saw it and radioed it in. Also, when does the media ever get these stories straight anyway? This article says they aborted after the engine shut down. I don't think you need to see smoke if an engine looses power and you're not past V1 to know that an abort is the only course of action.

Dude, get a sense of humor.

AK

 

[blzr]

If it was AFTER takeoff, or V1, why din't they keep going. Doesn't sould like SOP to abort a takeoff AFTER takeoff.

 

[Flybet3]

If it was AFTER takeoff, or V1, why din't they keep going. Doesn't sould like SOP to abort a takeoff AFTER takeoff.

ooooh god, here we. thank you for pointing out the obvious

 

[Occam's Razor]

Huh?

We're believing a media report now?

How many times do we have to read uneducated nonsense from beat reporters before we put an item in our checklist that reads, "Skepticism....ON"

A media report on aviation is like poision or flattery...it can can only hurt you if you swallow it.

 

[Ganja60Heavy]

How can a pilot see smoke coming from the engine on the takeoff roll?

They meant to say "witnesses said the engine was sputtering"