If it's really true that the crosswind caused the compression stall, I
wonder why we don't hear about a double stall very often. Theoretically, the
wind can be strong enough to affect both engines, no?

Marco Leon

"Wiz" wrote in message
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A few years ago, before I started flying, I was on an American flight
out of Houston with a pretty good crosswind ripping across the runway.
I was seated near the back of the plane. A couple of seconds after
takeoff we heard a VERY loud bang, the left wing dipped momentarily,
and we continued on...

About 20 minutes later the captain came on and explained they had a
compression stall due to, he said, to the wind blowing across the
engine. He apologized for waiting so long to explain it, but he said
he and the crew were busy going through the manual for the restart
procedure.

Not being a pilot at the time, I remember thinking that maybe he should
have read the manual BEFORE flying the plane :-)




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