US751 circling above Brussels for 6 hours
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US751 circling above Brussels for 6 hours
US Airways flight 751 from Brussels to Philadelpha had been circling above Brussels for a long time. Enough time to in theory dump fuel in the ocean and land immediately..I'll guess we'll hear more information on that later but i guess you cant dump fuel until emergency is declared?
http://www.flightradar24.com/data/fl...us751/#4a38ebc
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/A...845Z/EBBR/KPHL
http://www.flightradar24.com/data/fl...us751/#4a38ebc
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/A...845Z/EBBR/KPHL
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Interesting. (Although the title is a bit misleading, they were only circling for about 2.5 hours; the total flight time, including flying out over the Atlantic and back, was 6 hours.)
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0751/23oct n bru/lx mtx-flight canceled due to aircraft maintenance p bru/fro 536p *n204uw* p bru/fri 543p *n204uw* f phl/flt 0751 stub orig pln dep phl etd 1610 -- p dfw/pre 647p ontime sked bru orig 1045a gtd b01 ship 204 phl 120p 410p gta a11 gtd c27 ship 117 dfw 647p term gta ****
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The airplane is a B757-200 which does not have fuel dumping capability.
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Twitter seems to think it was a rudder problem.
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According to the article I read the plane never made it to the atlantic. Seems to be correct if I look to flight tracker