'Mayday, Mayday': United Flight Makes Emergency Landing At Dulles After Mid-Air Incident | NYGazet

A United plane carrying 219 passengers and 11 crew members made an emergency landing after the captain radioed a chilling triple “Mayday” moments into climb-out, the airline said in a statement released Monday, Aug. 4.“Engine failure, left…

“Engine failure, left engine, United One-Zero-Eight declaring an emergency. Mayday! Mayday! Mayday!” the pilot of the Boeing 787 told air-traffic controllers at about 5,000 feet on Friday, July 25, according to recorded radio traffic released by avia... [831 chars]