[Scan-DC] Unknown Aircraft Situation

[Thomas J. Dalrymple]

>From the radar track, he was lined up with the runway, and turned left
after passing the Wilson Bridge. If I'm reading the flight log
correctly, he was as low as 1000 feet before turning and climbing.
Spent another 30 minutes in the air before landing.



On Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 9:44 AM, Mary and Bob Jeter <904jeter at gmail.com> wrote:
> In that case it's not a good idea to return to DCA with it's short runways.
> Right after take off airplane is at it's heaviest and requires more runway
> to land than as if it had burned off fuel such as would be the case upon
> arrival at destination.
>  IAD was always the take off alternate when I was flying.
> Long runways, no water at the ends, services for pax and airplane.
>
>
> On 4/18/2015 9:36 AM, Dewey wrote:
>>
>> Thanks.  I listened to the archives, and whatever emergency it was, it
>> happened almost immediately after takeoff.  Once he declared the
>> emergency,
>> he ended just about all of his transmissions with "emergency".  Sounds
>> like
>> this is one of those recommendations that comes from recommendations after
>> critical events, such as, when Avianca 52 went down in New York (1990) for
>> fuel starvation because the pilots didn't immediately make the severity of
>> their situation known.
>>
>> Dewey
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Scan-DC [mailto:scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Thomas
>> J. Dalrymple
>> Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2015 09:09
>> To: Scan-DC
>> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Unknown Aircraft Situation
>>
>> He's landed.  From Flightaware, it looks like he circled around to
>> return to DCA, then diverted to Dulles.
>>
>> On Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 7:54 AM, Dewey <dewey3 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> American 874
>>
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