Earlier this week, a Delta flight between Oranjestad, Aruba & Atlanta suffered an engine failure not long after departure.
Whilst this aircraft was operated by a Boeing 737-900, this does not reflect the current problems being faced by the American planemaker.
Without further ado, let’s get into it…
DL581 in Aruba – Oranjestad-Atlanta…
Delta flight DL581 is a routine scheduled flight between Oranjestad, Aruba & Atlanta.
The aircraft involved in this engine failure is registered as N805DN.
As per data from Planespotters.net, N805DN is a 10.4 year old Boeing 737-900 that was delivered to the airline in November 2013.
Furthermore, of the 737-900 variant, Delta Air Lines has 163 of them in the fleet, of which 161 are in active service and two are parked.
Average fleet age for the variant is currently at 8.3 years with the airline’s aircraft.
Delta flight DL581 departed Oranjestad, Aruba at 1617 local time and originally climbed out towards Atlanta.
As per reporting from The Aviation Herald, the crew stopped their climb at 3,000 feet.
The crew had received indications to do with one of their engines, which resulted in a failure.
Furthermore, such a failure was caused by a large bird being ingested into the engine.
After around 49 minutes in the air, Delta flight DL581 for Atlanta, landed back into Oranjestad, Aruba safely.
Such Issues With The Engine Can Happen…
Overall, incidents like bird strikes are common when aircraft are involved not long after departure.
Typically, they only hit around one engine, with some exceptions such as US Airways 1549 being noted.
However, if one engine is affected, then the crew, like seen with Delta flight DL581 between Oranjestad, Aruba & Atlanta can land safely.
After all, no emergency squawk was transmitted, which indicated that they had the issue under control.
At the time of writing (21/3/24 @ 1330 UK time), N508DN remains on the ground in the Aruban airport since the incident.
All eyes will be on when the aircraft will re-enter commercial service.
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