AA100: Declares Emergency returns to JFK

[ual777fan]

AA100 from JFK-LHR declared an emergency, dumped fuel and returned to JFK after reporting possible a possible compressor stall and smoke in the cabin, this according to a prop pilot who was listening into Boston center at the time AA100 declared an emergency. I was wondering if anyone here could shed any light on this?

An account of the transmissions between AA100 and KBOS

FlightAware's flight tracker shows the plane making it up to the Cape and then turning around and heading back to JFK.

American's website shows the flight as canceled.

 

[NewHampshire Black Bears]

AA100 from JFK-LHR declared an emergency, dumped fuel and returned to JFK after reporting possible a possible compressor stall and smoke in the cabin, this according to a prop pilot who was listening into Boston center at the time AA100 declared an emergency. I was wondering if anyone here could shed any light on this?

An account of the transmissions between AA100 and KBOS

FlightAware's flight tracker shows the plane making it up to the Cape and then turning around and heading back to JFK.

American's website shows the flight as canceled.

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Well, if this was a ....."possible",............then lets all be THANKFUL that the A/C returned safely !!!

With AA/UA/DL and CO,...........there are(as you say)(just in the US alone) A LOT of "trip" 7's in operation.

 

[Garfield1966]

It did return but I do not have info as to why. It left at about 2100 (about 2 1/2 hours late) and blocked back in at about 0130.

 

[Nor'Easta]

American's website shows the flight as canceled.

And that's what happened. Done deal!

 

[BuffaloJoe]

If they were that far wouldn't BOS be a better option, if there would have been trouble? Thank God they made it back safely.

 

[FWAAA]

If they were that far wouldn't BOS be a better option, if there would have been trouble? Thank God they made it back safely.

Perhaps, but the entire flight only lasted 1:14, and given that fuel isn't dumped instantly (takes a while to offload tens thousands of pounds), it probably landed at JFK about the same time it would have landed at BOS (thinking that it would have had to circle a while to dump all that fuel even if BOS had been the diversion point). And I'm confident that if an immediate landing would have been indicated, they wouldn't have flown back to JFK, but would have touched down at BOS.

 

[BuffaloJoe]

Perhaps, but the entire flight only lasted 1:14, and given that fuel isn't dumped instantly (takes a while to offload tens thousands of pounds), it probably landed at JFK about the same time it would have landed at BOS (thinking that it would have had to circle a while to dump all that fuel even if BOS had been the diversion point). And I'm confident that if an immediate landing would have been indicated, they wouldn't have flown back to JFK, but would have touched down at BOS.

Thank You for the response. That makes sense. The fuel dump, I didn't weigh in.