A United Airlines flight made an emergency landing after the plane’s engine gave out over the ocean
Things have been rocky for United Airlines lately, and we just heard that a United flight made an emergency landing after one of its engines failed…over the ocean.
It was a Boeing 737-800 plane bound for Houston, Texas, from Liberia, Costa Rica. The engine apparently had overheated, and luckily the pilot was able to circle back and land safely at the airport in Liberia, where fire trucks and ambulances were ready for them. One of the passengers aboard the plane was Jody Genessy, who was traveling with his wife. He shared his frightening experience with People.com, and it’s giving us the chills.
"Still shaken up, but very grateful to be alive, he said. "We have four kids at home in Utah. I was scared they’d never see us again."
He also tweeted several times about the incident, which paints a picture about how it all went down.
One of my plane's engines overheated over the ocean. We about crashed in an emergency landing before the pilot quickly pulled up. So scary. pic.twitter.com/qbmlQOnYRX
— Jody Genessy (@DJJazzyJody) April 24, 2017
SERIOUSLY.
They stopped traffic into the Liberia, Costa Rica airport. Fire trucks, ambulances and emergency vehicles waited for us to land. Freaky.
— Jody Genessy (@DJJazzyJody) April 24, 2017
We circled over the ocean for an hour to burn fuel before landing. I fly a lot. This was the most frightening thing I've ever experienced.
— Jody Genessy (@DJJazzyJody) April 24, 2017
To answer the question you're probably asking, yes, it was a United flight. I'll give the pilot major props for keeping us alive.
— Jody Genessy (@DJJazzyJody) April 24, 2017
The pilot was flying us in to land with one engine (he didn't tell us this). Just as we were about to touch, a wind sheer hit the plane.
— Jody Genessy (@DJJazzyJody) April 24, 2017
Just imaging this is making us nauseous. Thankfully, everyone was okay.
The wing about hit the runway after being hit by the wind sheer. The pilot corrected it and we almost went sideways. He then pulled us up.
— Jody Genessy (@DJJazzyJody) April 25, 2017
At the airport in Liberia, Genessy also shared this Facebook video where he described people praying out loud when they thought the plane was going to crash, and then the sound of clapping when everything turned out okay.
