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

[Andrew Clegg]

Just copied them checking in with JFK final approach. They didn't mention 
anything about an emergency. They're descending to 4000 ft.

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From: "Andrew Clegg" <andrew_w_clegg at hotmail.com>
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2012 8:57 PM
To: "Andrew Clegg" <andrew_w_clegg at hotmail.com>; <Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] American 352 diverting to Kennedy with possible 
tireproblem

> American 352 left its holding loop over PA a little while ago (according 
> to flightaware.com), and is about 15 minutes or so out of JFK. Listening 
> to the JFK tower via stream, they are reporting wind shear and an incoming 
> weather cell. What a fun time!
>
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> From: "Andrew Clegg" <andrew_w_clegg at hotmail.com>
> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2012 8:21 PM
> To: <Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: [Scan-DC] American 352 diverting to Kennedy with possible 
> tireproblem
>
>> 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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