Mumbai-Madurai IndiGo Flight Safely Lands After Engine Shutdown, Details Inside
Mumbai-bound IndiGo flight overcomes mid-air engine shutdown. The flight however, landed safely at the bustling Mumbai airport.
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Mumbai-bound IndiGo flight overcomes mid-air engine shutdown. The flight however, landed safely at the bustling Mumbai airport.
Air 539 from ontario, california, to seattle? a chorus of angry infants. >> all the babies were crying at the same time. >> reporter: ears popping plane-wide as the 737 with 131 passengers and 5 crew momentarily loses enough cabin pressurization to cause a painful alert that something is wrong. >> my ears about blew up on me. >> reporter: in the cockpit, pilots send an emergency call from 25,000 feet asking for priority landing at san jose airport. telling controllers they're in the midst of a catastrophic electrical failure with loss of some flight controls and cabin pressure. >> the captain ...
Is dangerous, you can get everybody thrown into the air who is not strapped down. >> reporter: the pilots had to declare an emergency for an immediate priority landing. at least three people were transported to the hospital. the faa says already this year a total of 12 passengers and crew have been hurt by turbulence. that's as many as were injured all of last year or 2010. this nasa video shows just how rough the ride can be. in-flight turbulence remains the leading cause of nonfatal injuries. nearly 300 people hurt since 1980. most of it caused by weather. often swift up or down drafts cause...
Athletics tomorrow. martha: all right, well, whoever said that lightning doesn't strike twice was not on board jetblue flight 446 to boston, folks. because there's newly released radio transmissions of friday's flight. check this story out. it reveals the pilot was telling the airport tower about the lightning strikes, and asking for a priority landing. eighty-two people were on board at the time. passengers say it was the bumpiest flight of their lives. listen: >> i think as much as i was telling my kids everything was going to be all right, i was convincing myself that we were going to be al...