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

[Doug Kitchener]

Whew... little bit of a nail-biter there... thanks, Andy.

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> From: andrew_w_clegg at hotmail.com
> To: Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2012 21:27:29 -0400
> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] American 352 diverting to Kennedy with possible tire problem
>
> 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.
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > 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.
> >>
> >> --------------------------------------------------
> >> 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!