The engine after it experienced catastrophic uncontained compressor rotor failure
Accident
Date
July 6, 1996; 27 years ago (1996-07-06)
Summary
Uncontained engine failure
Site
Runway 17 at Pensacola Regional Airport, Pensacola, Florida, United States 30°28′40″N87°11′25″W / 30.47778°N 87.19028°W / 30.47778; -87.19028
Aircraft
Aircraft type
McDonnell Douglas MD-88
Operator
Delta Air Lines
Registration
N927DA
Flight origin
Pensacola Regional Airport, Pensacola, Florida
Destination
William B. Hartsfield International Airport, Atlanta, Georgia
Occupants
142
Passengers
137
Crew
5
Fatalities
2
Injuries
7
Survivors
140
Delta Air Lines Flight 1288 was a regularly scheduled flight from Pensacola, Florida to Atlanta, Georgia. On July 6, 1996, the aircraft serving the flight, a McDonnell Douglas MD-88, was on takeoff roll from Runway 17 at Pensacola when it experienced an uncontained, catastrophic turbine engine failure that caused debris from the front compressor hub of the left engine to penetrate the left aft fuselage. The cause of the engine failure was found to have been a fault in the manufacture of the fan. The failure of the airline to spot the resulting crack in the blade was a contributing factor.
The impact killed a female passenger and her son, and seven other passengers were injured. The pilot aborted takeoff and the airplane stopped on the runway. Three other passengers sustained minor injuries during the emergency evacuation. Most of the passengers were traveling on vacation.[1]
^"2 die when engine shatters as jet takes off". Houston Chronicle. Houston Chronicle News Services. July 7, 1996. p. A1. Archived from the original on May 11, 2009. Retrieved February 13, 2009.
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