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Originally Posted by msv
My flight from EWR to Bermuda in the early '80's had this happen twice. First attempt to take off the engine backfired violently. I was at the window 2 rows behind the problem engine and we were just about to the end of the runway. They did some tinkering kept us on board and tried two hours later. That time I watched flames streaming from the problem engine but we weren't going very fast.
msv
I had a very similar situation many years ago on an AA 727 taking off from Runway 4 at LGA: loud engine backfire near the start of the takeoff roll. Takeoff aborted; taxied either to the gate or a parking area; maintenance performed; takeoff re-attempted on Runway 4; engine backfired again. I no longer recall where I was flying that day (DFW? ORD? YYZ?) or how I eventually got there.
Last edited by guv1976; Mar 10, 2007 at 10:58 am