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Flight attendant report regarding a B757 which lost an engine in-flight and diverted for maintenance.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 431428 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199903 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ord.airport |
| State Reference | IL |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Weather Elements | Snow |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zau.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight attendant : on duty |
| Qualification | flight attendant : currently qualified |
| Experience | flight attendant time airline total : 0.4 flight attendant time total : 0.4 |
| ASRS Report | 431428 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : engine warning lights other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : diverted to another airport |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter states that the B757 lost an engine and could not continue on into the mountainous area to land. Mechanics attempted to fix the engine but were unable. Another aircraft was located and the flight completed. They were on the ground for about 2 hours.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLT ATTENDANT RPT REGARDING A B757 WHICH LOST AN ENG INFLT AND DIVERTED FOR MAINT.
Narrative: CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATES THAT THE B757 LOST AN ENG AND COULD NOT CONTINUE ON INTO THE MOUNTAINOUS AREA TO LAND. MECHS ATTEMPTED TO FIX THE ENG BUT WERE UNABLE. ANOTHER ACFT WAS LOCATED AND THE FLT COMPLETED. THEY WERE ON THE GND FOR ABOUT 2 HRS.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.