A plane from the North American company American Airlines that took off on Thursday night for Miami had to return to the Ezeiza international airport a few minutes later, due to a malfunction in one of its engines, presumably caused by bird suckingand as a result of this situation, the air station was closed for almost an hour, informed Télam aeronautical sources.
The event, which had no other inconvenience for passengers than the inability to travel, involved the Boeing 777-223ER plane, which with flight number AAL908 had taken off on Thursday at 10:30 p.m. bound for Miami, but at the time of the takeoff, The aircraft commander noticed a problem in one of its two engines, so he asked the Control Tower to start the return operation.
In a situation of this type, the protocol indicates that the plane must be declared “in emergency”, without this meaning, in this case, any danger to the passengers or risk to the plane, for the purpose of mounting an operation aimed at safeguarding all safety conditions on the runway for landing.
Due to the fact that the engine problem caused some of its parts to detach, which were scattered on the runway, the aircraft had to fly over the surroundings of Buenos Aires for a period of about half an hour.
Because the engine problem caused some of its parts to detach, which were scattered on the track, the aircraft must have flown over the surroundings of Buenos Aires for a period of about half an houruntil the ground staff proceeded with the cleaning, a situation that also caused the temporary closure of the airport, while this task was carried out.
The sources consulted indicated that the plane took off from runway 11 and, as it rose, it would have fired debris, which forced the closure of that runway, 11/29 and also 17/35 (transversal), for the purposes of carry out an exhaustive review due to the possibility that remains had also fallen there, but when it was verified that this had not been the case, it was re-enabled shortly afterwards.
During that period, some flights that had to land were diverted to alternative airportsuntil the inconvenience was solved and those who had to leave, suffered delays of just over an hour.
The plane finally landed without difficulty at 10:49 p.m., parking in a remote area, so the passengers were taken by bus to the air terminal building.
The plane finally landed safely at 10:49 p.m., parking in a remote area.
Engine failure, possibly the product of a bird being sucked into the turbine, causes loss of compression and generally results in a loss of power in the drive unit and, as in this case, the detachment of the affected parts.
Twin-engine aircraft, as in this case, are prepared to fly normally with a single engine, so the landing was normal and the passengers did not suffer any inconvenience, except for the inconvenience of not being able to travel, since the aircraft did not it was able to resume flight and had to be grounded for repairs.
Passengers, who were unable to finalize their trip last night, are being relocated to different flightssources from American Airlines informed Télam.
In turn, the aircraft is being checked in the workshops that the company has in Ezeiza, to establish if it is in a position to fly again. Normally, in these cases, the turbine is changed and it is enabled to continue operating without problems.
