Travel & Aviation Hub dsnSrteopot:1f5 MP9a7c9i1632575f5y9uuth2aM89u2020 haa4 2cm 4 ·On Friday, May 15, 2026, an American Airlines Boeing 777-200ER (Registration: N759AN) suffered a left engine failure shortly after departing from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX). The flight, AA194, was a daily long-haul service bound for London Heathrow (LHR) carrying 283 people onboard. Incident Timeline & Flight PathTakeoff: The aircraft took off from Runway 25R at approximately 4:49 PM local time, assuming a standard westbound departure. The Failure: As the widebody climbed through roughly 6,000 feet and turned north, its left Rolls-Royce Trent 800 engine (Engine #1) failed. The Mayday Call: The flight crew immediately leveled off at 7,200 feet and declared an emergency over air traffic control: "American 194, we’re gonna declare mayday, mayday, mayday. We have an engine failure. We’re unable to restart it."The Return: The crew vectored the aircraft north over Scottsdale, looped past Lake Pleasant, and flew southwest over Luke Air Force Base to line up for a return approach from the west.The Decision to Land OverweightBecause the flight was bound for London, it was heavily loaded with approximately 11 hours of fuel. When air traffic control asked if they needed to execute a fuel dump, the crew chose not to jettison the fuel and decided to proceed directly with an overweight landing. Landing: The pilots executed a one-engine-inoperative approach and touched down safely on PHX’s longest runway, Runway 26 (11,490 feet), at 5:23 PM—just 34 minutes after takeoff. Aftermath: Due to the massive weight of the remaining fuel, the 777 required nearly the entire runway length to slow down. The aircraft vacated the runway safely but had to hold on a taxiway for an extended period to allow Airport Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) to monitor and cool its extremely hot brakes and landing gear before it could taxi back to Terminal 4. No injuries were reported among the 283 passengers and crew. The aircraft remains on the ground in Phoenix for maintenance and inspection. See less
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