Sun Country B738 at New York on Apr 30th 2014, engine failure

Last Update: May 8, 2014 / 21:51:29 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 30, 2014

Classification
Incident

Flight number
SY-248

Aircraft Registration
N801SY

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

A Sun Country Airlines Boeing 737-800, registration N801SY performing flight SY-248 from New York JFK,NY to Minneapolis,MN (USA) with 70 people on board, was in the initial climb out of JFK's runway 13R when the crew, after having been handed off to departure frequency, declared emergency on tower frequency reporting an engine failure. The crew stopped the climb at 3000 feet and positioned for an approach to runway 13L requesting delay vectors due to working checklists just prior to intercepting the localizer runway 13L. The aircraft landed safely on JFK's runway 13L about 30 minutes after departure.

The flight was cancelled.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 30, 2014

Classification
Incident

Flight number
SY-248

Aircraft Registration
N801SY

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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