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JETS
Single-Engine Landing
Boeing 757-200. Substantial damage. Three minor injuries.
The captain told investigators that she observed a slight yaw as the landing gear was being retracted during departure in visual meteorological conditions (VMC) from Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta (Georgia, U.S.) International Airport shortly after midnight on June 21, 2011. The 757 was climbing through 3,000 ft a few seconds later when the flight crew received indications of a fire in the no. 1 (left) engine.
The crew shut down the left engine, declared an emergency and turned back to the airport. They subsequently conducted an uneventful, but overweight, single-engine landing on Runway 26L, said the report by the U.S. National Transpor…
