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The failed right-engine turbine blades bled thrust and left them two miles short
A right-engine turbine bled thrust after takeoff from Honolulu, leaving two pilots racing back to the runway. Did they make it in time?
The failed right-engine turbine blades bled thrust and left them two miles short
In this episode, we follow the nine minutes between takeoff and impact as two experienced pilots confront a sudden loss of right-engine power on a forty‑five‑year‑old Boeing 737‑200 over Māmala Bay. The episode lays out the aircraft, the crew, the early diagnostics and the cockpit decisions that defined their last chance to reach the runway.
Date: July 2, 2021
Aircraft: Boeing…
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