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NTSB says records show US Airways plane suffered compressor failure 2 days earlier (Baltimore Sun)

Compressor Guy — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:01:29 +0000

WASHINGTON (AP) — The US Airways jetliner that crashed into New York’s Hudson River last week experienced an engine compressor failure two days earlier, federal safety investigators said Monday.

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Hudson River crash jet suffered engine compressor failure two days before emergency landing (Daily Mail)

Compressor Guy — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:01:45 +0000

The US Airways jetliner that crashed into New York’s Hudson River last week experienced an engine compressor failure two days earlier, safety investigators have said.

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NTSB says records show US Airways plane suffered compressor failure 2 days earlier (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

Compressor Guy — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:01:06 +0000

Why do you both have to bring politics into a decent story like this. To heck with you. WASHINGTON — Federal safety investigators say the US Airways jetliner that crashed into New York’s Hudson River last week experienced a compressor failure two days earlier.

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Plane Experienced Malfunctions 2 Days Before Crash (Fox News)

Compressor Guy — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:01:38 +0000

The US Airways jet that made a dramatic emergency landing on New York’s Hudson River last week experienced an engine compressor failure two days earlier.

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FAA Flight 1549 Engine Type Prone to Problems (WPIX 11 New York)

Compressor Guy — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:01:03 +0000

Just three weeks ago, the Federal Aviation Administration ordered airlines to monitor more closely the type of engine employed by US Airways Flight 1549, saying it was more susceptible to a rare kind of engine stall, federal records show. The FAA’s “airworthiness directive,” issued on Dec. 31 without normal periods of public comment, said high pressure compressor stalls are “likely to exist …

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Records show plane suffered previous malfunction (AP via Yahoo! News)

Compressor Guy — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:01:01 +0000

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Jet safety warning days before Hudson crash (Independent)

Compressor Guy — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:01:23 +0000

The US Airways Airbus 320 that made an emergency landing on New York’s Hudson River last week had an engine compressor failure two days earlier, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said. The compressor, or fan, draws air into the engine.

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Investigators confirm bird strike, past compressor problem on ditched A320 (Air Transport World)

Compressor Guy — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 23:01:30 +0000

The US Airways A320 that ditched safely in New York City’s Hudson River following a bird strike last week previously had suffered a compressor stall on one of its engines, investigators said.

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Records Show Plane Suffered Previous Malfunction (ABC News)

Compressor Guy — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:01:52 +0000

NTSB says records show US Airways plane suffered compressor failure 2 days earlier

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Records: Plane had previous malfunction (The Charlotte Observer)

Compressor Guy — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:01:30 +0000

The US Airways jet that made a dramatic emergency landing on New York’s Hudson River last week experienced an engine compressor failure two days earlier, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. NTSB spokesman Peter Knudson said Monday that the board’s examination of the Airbus 320’s maintenance records show “there was an entry in the aircraft’s maintenance log that indicates a …

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