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

[Andrew Clegg]

Appears to have landed without a disaster, other than now having to get all 
their passengers and luggage over to LaGuardia from Kennedy.

While listening to JFK, I learned that the A380 (the new double-decker 
behemoth) is referred to by controllers as "super," as opposed to "heavy," 
the term used for mere mortal jumbo jets. (Singapore 25 was preparing for 
takeoff).

Andy

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From: "Andrew Clegg" <andrew_w_clegg at hotmail.com>
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2012 9:09 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

> 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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