American 89 Heavy Goes Around At KORD With Flap/Slat Problem

[joeyb747]

"An American Airlines Boeing 767-300, registration N372AA performing flight AA-89 from Brussels (Belgium) to Chicago O'Hare,IL (USA) with 211 people on board, was on final approach to runway 27L (length 7970 feet/2430 meters) descending through 1700 feet, when the crew went around due to a flaps problem and requested emergency services on stand by. The airplane landed safely on the longer runway 28 (length 13000 feet/3960 meters) at a slightly higher speed about 15 minutes later and taxied to the apron."

From:

http://avherald.com/h?article=427eb4b1&opt=0

Nice job by all!

Below is a pic on B767-323/ER N372AA (cn 25199/433), the airplane that had the issue.

Audio is in two files, KORD TWR on one, and Chicago Approach on another. For some reason, you can't hear AA 89 heavy talk to approach, so that one is kind of boring...

[maredzki]

Joeyb747,
the frequency that the crew was referred to, 118.27, is not monitored and I could not find it in any of the documentation. I am assuming it is used in certain situations, i.e. distress. You can hear the controller fine as he is broadcasting on two frequencies, one of the departure freq and the 118.27 that's why we can't hear the pilot replies.

I will talk with Dave and see if he can have one of his contacts to verify the freq and then I will add it to the app feed.

Cheers,
Marek