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United flight makes emergency landing after engine spits apparent sparks

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Engine issues forced a United Airlines plane with 158 people on board to make an unscheduled landing in Albuquerque early Monday morning. (www.seattletimes.com) More...

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QuickBurn
QuickBurn 4
UAL 366, SAN-ORD, B739.. replacement -800 went the rest of the way.
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watkinssusan
mary susan watkins 2
what was seen and videoed by the passenger may have just been "sparks", per the maintenance crew,but this is 2019 and planes engines are not supposed to do that! of course a passenger would be scared!
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Quirkyfrog
Robert Cowling 3
I remember being on a flight out of San Juan, and during startup the left engine produced a lot of smoke. Someone screamed. Yeah. It was STARTING UP! There will be SMOKE! DUH! And usually a strong odor too...
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