I concede that the pilot's explanation of the 20-minute delay before
explaining what happened to the passengers, that they were "reading the
manual on how to restart it" may not be valid. I know exactly zip
about jet checklists and POHs :-) Just repeating what captain said...


Bob Moore wrote:
"Flyingmonk" wrote

Wiz wrote:
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...

And the plane continued to climb out on one engine?

Of course...ALL jetliners are required to be able to complete the
takeoff roll after V1 and climb out with one engine inoperative.

However, I don't think that the premise in the preceding post was
valid....all of the conditions for a successful relight (if indeed
it had flamed-out) were still present without having to read a
checklist, fuel was ON, ignition was ON, and engine was TURNING.

I personally have never experienced a compressor stall that caused
an engine to flame-out.

Bob Moore
ATP B-707 B-727
PanAm (retired)