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US Airways Full Emergency at Athens

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Old 12th Jun 2011, 20:08
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US Airways Full Emergency at Athens
US 759, B762, reg N256AY, performing flight Athens to Philadelphia with 161 pax on onboard declared a full emergency sortly after take off due to vibrations in engine no.1.The aircraft landed safely on runway 03R where it remains AOG.
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My guess would be that they lost a blade or two from one of the fans. the imbalance in the engine would cause the vibrations.
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