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At 09:15, while descending through 15,000 feet (4,600 m), the low oil pressure indicator on the TriStar's number 2 engine illuminated. [2] The flight engineer noted that the oil pressure on the #2 engine was fluctuating between 15 and 25 psi ; the minimum pressure required for normal engine operation was 30 psi. [ 7 ]
Following an engine shutdown, a precautionary landing is usually performed with airport fire and rescue equipment positioned near the runway. The prompt landing is a precaution against the risk that another engine will fail later in the flight or that the engine failure that has already occurred may have caused or been caused by other as-yet unknown damage or malfunction of aircraft systems ...
In cold ambient conditions the friction caused by viscous engine oil causes a high load on the starting system. Another problem is the reluctance of the fuel to vaporise and combust at low temperatures. Oil dilution systems were developed (mixing fuel with the engine oil), [8] and engine pre-heaters were used (including lighting fires under the ...
Delta Flight 295 bound for Tokyo “made contact with the tail of” Endeavor Air 5526 on the morning of Tuesday, Sept. 10, Delta confirms. Delta Flight 295 bound for Tokyo collided with Endeavor ...
The aircraft took off from Runway 24 at Schiphol Airport at 2:19 pm local time, with the captain as the pilot flying. At 2:30, the pilots received a false warning of low oil pressure in the right engine, caused by a short circuit. While the first officer consulted the emergency checklist, the captain unilaterally set the right engine's power to ...
The accident took place Tuesday at the airline's maintenance facility at the Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. 2 Delta employees killed, 1 injured after tire explodes at Atlanta airport ...
In recent years the airport has had an increase in non-Delta flights, both due to the rapid population growth of Metro Atlanta and the airport's prominence as a major hub. Since 2015 the airport has seen growth from low cost carriers such as Frontier Airlines and Spirit Airlines. Spirit also established Atlanta as an operating base.
Just Stop Oil activists have sprayed orange paint over private jets at Stansted airport on the airfield where Taylor Swift’s plane is stationed, the environmental group has said.