DISAPPEARING Engine! The Incredible story of Nationwide 723

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“Don’t worry. The plane can fly with one engine.” 😂 Love that passenger. It was technically true too.

The good news is that we don’t have an engine fire….the bad news is that we don’t have an engine either🫣

"Where's your homework, Jerry?" Jerry: "A plane engine landed on it from nowhere"

The ground crew who cleared the runway in less than 18 minutes are also heroes in this situation. Absolutely incredible!

The passanger witnessing the engine fall off: "OMG WE'RE GONNA DIE" Passanger next to him: "we're not gonna die 🙄"

I love how even the pilots were shocked the engine was completely gone after they had landed, meanwhile the passenger had little to no expression of fear as the engine abruptly falls off the wing.

can we appreciate the calm passenger who was chill af 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

"Go away, we're busy!" Made me laugh so hard😂

The pilot's skills in stabilizing the aircraft after losing the engine were heroic.

This happened to me, on Dec. 5th, 1987, while I was flying as captain on a B-737-200, US Air Flt 224, just after takeoff from KPHL. The rear cone bolt failed, and the safety cable failed also, allowing the rear portion of the engine to pitch down 30 degrees, and severing fuel and system A hydraulic lines. Shortly thereafter, after reducing speed, the forward cone bolts failed, and the engine completely separated, falling away from the aircraft. A portion of the engine fairing struck the vertical stabilizer. As a result of this incident, the term “separation” was added to the “Engine Fire, Severe Damage, ‘Separation’” Checklist. Pulling the associated fire handle was key to shutting off fuel to prevent a potentially fatal outcome. The standby electric flap system only allowed extending the flaps to 10 degrees, instead of the desired 15 degree flap setting. We landed uneventfully after completing several Non-Normal Checklists. Captain Gary Skogebo, US Airways, Ret.

I listened to a podcast with the first officer on Flight 723 Daniel Perry and he tells a slightly different story about the flight attendant. He says they sent her back to take a look out the window. Because of passengers in the seats she had to view from the aisle. She came back and reported "I cannot see the front of the aircraft right engine". Apparently there was no purposeful withholding of information, it was just that her description was misunderstood by the flight crew as meaning that just the front of the engine was missing. They surmised that the engine's deicing nosecone fell off, which they had heard of happening before. As for the passenger supposedly seeing the engine fall off, it's very odd that they didn't say something to the flight attendant when it was obvious that she was inspecting outside the window.

A frightening incident, plus skilled airmanship, great teamwork, and a happy outcome = my favorite kind of aviation incident! Analysis by Petter makes it also my favorite kind of aviation video. The contrast between the by-the-book, skilled, and professional conduct of the pilots and the shocking negligence of the airline operations on the ground couldn't be greater.

24:07 Very cool that the inexperienced pilot controlled the plane so well and the experienced pilot returned the control to him when it felt squirrely for him.

That first officer sounds like an awesome dude. Hope he continues to have a great flying career.

Massive respect for the first officer, totally deserved his own Polaris Award, but his humility and dedication to teamwork is admirable.

Captain Mentour! I am a US CFI and an airline pilot such as yourself! I recently had to use the Engine Fire/Severe Damage/Separation checklist for real and hustled to get the B737NG on the ground. The cabin crew reported a fire but we did not have a fire indication in the cockpit. I was questioned as to why I hurried to return, and during the inquiry, I showed them this very video. This put a different perspective on my own incident. Thank you for your outstanding content. I teach PPL to ATP and CFI in GA aircraft, as well as Dispatch at Global Aviation Training Academy. Your material is FIRST RATE! Thank you, Captain, for your valuable contributions to CRM and all of us in aviation who are always learning! Very Respectfully, Dave, CFI/ATP/airplanes and helicopters 26,000 hours and still learning!

Thanks for pointing out the workers on the ground. People forget that without those folks, you've got no runway to land on. Not just literally like here, but in so many pieces of life. Without the people who do the dirty work, there's no canvas to demonstrate heroism, or greatness. We need these people. They are not expendable, they are not the bottom rung, in the sense that they aren't valuable. They are the bottom rung in the sense that they are foundational.

The captain really was an amazing pilot. He recognized instantly that while he could adjust to the situation, the first officer had already done so. I think a lot of captains, given the situation, would want to take control due to their experience and responsibility as PIC. So for him to say "nope, youve already got this" is a step that i think a lot of people would have trouble doing, in all sorts of situations

“What do you mean gone??” Was my favorite part