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

[Andrew Clegg]

Tower is talking about holding planes for the emergency, so I guess they did 
declare an emergency. Must have done that before contacting final approach.

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From: "Andrew Clegg" <andrew_w_clegg at hotmail.com>
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2012 9:04 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 tire 
problem

> 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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