[Scan-DC] American 352 diverting to Kennedy with possible tire problem

[Iain McFadyen]

Flightaware shows the flight making a couple of circles over Western PA, and now heading for NY.

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAL352 




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> From: Andrew Clegg <andrew_w_clegg at hotmail.com>
>To: Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net 
>Sent: Friday, August 17, 2012 8:21 PM
>Subject: [Scan-DC] American 352 diverting to Kennedy with possible tire problem
> 
>Just copied American 352 (scheduled Chicago - LaGuardia) talking with 
>dispatch on 129.4. They had a serious yaw on take-off and believe they have 
>some kind of tire problem. They are going to land at Kennedy instead of 
>LaGuardia because they thought the runway at LaGuardia was too short, and 
>they will declare an emergency when they come in. They decided not to land 
>immediately, because the pilot noted that one procedure for landing on a bad 
>tire is to burn off fuel first.
>
>Not sure what frequencies they will use from here out. If anyone's in the 
>NYC area, it might be interesting listening to JFK approach and tower 
>frequencies. They're probably available on an Internet stream as well.
>
>Andy
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