Right engine failure shortly after takeoff. Delta Airbus A320 goes back to Atlanta Airport. Real ATC

[@markmeinecke8210]

I was on this flight! Crazy, right after takeoff felt like the right side of the plane’s underbelly got slapped with a wrecking ball. Hydraulics on the A320 were “barking” to no end. Heard the left engine spool up and the rest was smooth sailing (albeit tense) until landing. Kudos to unreal crew and sharp atc.

[@christophermercado5466]

I just love how well the flight crews and ATC communicate with each other during emergencies

[@cassandratq9301]

Once again, fantastic CRM and flight crew.

[@crtkatze2]

i applaud these comms!

[@Randomequestrian-pm4hl]

Isn't N373NW the A320 that had a fire a week or two ago in the right engine and emergency landing?

[@RollingThunder2020]

That plane did have an engine fire on the 20th of June, but according to a site that lists air safety incidents by registration number, it was the left engine. I can't link it because youtube blocks links in comments, but the site is "aeroinside".

[@alexartukov]

I've really heard the very distinctive PAN-PAN-PAN, haven't I?

[@darrylr.4983]

Generally pilots in the USA don't use "PAN", it's more for outside the USA. Same for "Mayday". We just declare an emergency, or, more often, ATC declares an emergency for us. There's no rule against using those terms inside the USA it's just not common practice.

[@alexartukov]

​@@darrylr.4983 Maybe you’ve just explained to me why USA pilots use MAYDAY even when it’s just an emergency. They are just not used to pronouncing PAN-PAN-PAN :) As a non-native speaker, I’m surprised by the distinctive pronunciation of some pilots when it comes to the USA. Alas, this is not a common practice. I’ve thought that any emergency situation deserves a clear radioexchange. Not to hide the most important word somewhere within usual stuff.

[@darrylr.4983]

@@alexartukov When USA Pilots are flying outside the USA they will use "Pan" or "Mayday" because that is the ICAO standard procedure. I'm retired with 15,000 hours of flying time and have never used either phrase. In civilian flying I never had a serious emergency, only one situation where my flaps were stuck in the fully retracted position. Since we had a 13,500 foot runway that wasn't a big issue. In military flying I had a lot more stuff happen and have declared an emergency a few times but never used "Mayday".

[@venkivenki8917]

Any reason they chose the shorter runway?

[@327Erich]

Imagine all the news stories if these recent A320 engine failures (which are of no fault of Airbus) happened to be Boeing jets? I mean, a 25-year-old 757 lost its wheel on takeoff today, and people (some, not all) are screaming about Boeing quality issues. It's beyond clueless.

[@Tesserae]

After declaring an engine failure, you’re asked to climb 2k feet? 🤔

[@Astro-ok9mz]

Yes could be for either terrain clearance or traffic clearance above uncontrolled VFR traffic. An Airbus missing a single engine will have absolutely no problem climbing 2k. The two most useless things to a pilot is runway behind and altitude above. As a pilot I want to make sure I have suffient altitude to be safe and I will absolutly climb to that safe altitude

[@ChristopherT1]

@@Astro-ok9mzthat’s exactly why!

[@darrylr.4983]

ATL is at 1026 feet above sea level so when they were assigned 4000 that was only 3000 above the ground. That's a fairly normal altitude for vectoring back to the airport.

[@michielb206]

Why stop on the runway and not just let the plane roll onto one of the taxiways? If the thing can keep flying for 10 more minutes it sure can handle an extra 100 feet of rolling down tarmac? By blocking the runway they could potentially create more issues for the airport.

[@Ryan-719]

Honestly

[@Ryan-719]

My guess is the engine that failed also failed the hydraulic system that does the nose steering

[@scottmattern482]

Apart from hydraulic issues, they are also worried about a fire. It's best not to drive an airplane full of fuel near other airplanes full of fuel, if you aren't certain your airplane isn't on fire or if you might be shooting sparks from the dead engine. If there is a fire, you need to evacuate everyone, it's also best to not do that around other airplanes taxiing.

[@nikh9080]

My aircraft doesn't allow SE taxing.

[@cgatlanta]

There is more space for ground to work on runways as opposed to taxi ways. (I think)

[@yeahman211]

A320 engines again. Embarrassing.

[@pgbrandon]

Relative newbie here. Engine manufacturing? Engine design? Engine maintenance?

[@giggleigloos]

Yes

[@Astro-ok9mz]

@@pgbrandoncould be all sorts of things. Could have been a bird ingestion.

[@KevinWindsor1971]

@@pgbrandon Age. The plane is from 2001. Originally flew with Northwest Airlines, which is why it has a NW suffix on its registration. CFM-56 engines, which are extremely reliable. They probably just have too much time on wing.