Passenger describes hearing 'boom' before Delta flight makes emergency landing due to engine failure

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https://abcnews.go.com/Travel/passen...ry?id=64226871

Travelers aboard a Delta plane flying from Atlanta, Georgia, to Baltimore,
Maryland, had a frightening midair moment when their flight was forced to make
an emergency landing in Raleigh due to a possible engine issue.

Delta flight 1425 left around 12:48 p.m. Monday from Hartsfield-Jackson
International and was bound for Baltimore-Washington International, when about
an hour after takeoff, the flight crew reported an issue with one of the plane's
engines.

"We are declaring an emergency. We will need crews out there on the rollout," a
pilot could be heard telling air traffic controllers on LiveATC.

In a statement, Delta said the flight crew had received "an indication of a
possible issue with one of the aircraft’s engines."

Video taken by a passenger showed a metal part bouncing inside one of the
engine. Delta said it was a contained failure of the left engine and that the
part was the nose cone. An orange glow could be seen around the still spinning
shaft in the passenger video.

"The captain came on the loudspeaker and said that we had lost an engine and
that they were making preparations to have an emergency landing," Jose
Bahamonde-Gonzalez told ABC News affiliate WMAR-TV in Baltimore.

There were 148 passengers on board.

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The aircraft -- a 32-year-old MD-88 with the engines mounted on the fuselage
near the tail -- made an emergency landing at Raleigh-Durham International
around 2:27 p.m., according to FlightAware.

The plane landed safely in Raleigh as fire and rescue teams waited on the
tarmac. There were no reported injuries.

In a statement, Delta apologized to travelers for the inconvenience. WMAR-TV
said passengers were given a $30 food voucher to use while they waited for their
next flight.

Passengers made it to Baltimore hours later.




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How far can a MD-88 fly with one engine? All the way to the scene of the crash.

I saw the video. The nose cone had fallen off, the engine was not running but
was turning slowly, and the first bearing visible on the turbine shaft was
brilliantly hot.

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Futility Man