Read the transcript and hear the recording of last night’s JetBlue emergency at EWR.
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Tower: JetBlue 543, wind 040 at 4, runway 4L, cleared for takeoff.
JetBlue 543: Cleared for takeoff, 4L,
Tower: JetBlue 543. JetBlue 543, contact departure, we’ll see ya.
JetBlue 543: We’ll see ya, JetBlue 543. Departure, JetBlue 543, 1,000 for 3,000.
EWR Departure: JetBlue 543, departure, radar contact, climb and maintain 5,000.
JetBlue 543: 5,000, JetBlue 543.
EWR Departure: JetBlue 543, left 280.
JetBlue 543: Left 280, JetBlue 543.
EWR Departure: JetBlue 543, on the rollout, traffic will be at your 2 o’clock, 6 miles southbound, level at 6,000, a 76.
JetBlue 543: Alright we are IMC
EWR Departure: JetBlue 543, traffic no factor, climb and maintain 10, one zero thousand, departure on 20-85.
JetBlue 543: Okay, 10,000, 20-85, JetBlue 543.
EWR Departure: JetBlue 543, the center is 30, nope, that’s not right, 23-82.
JetBlue 543: Standby. Uh… Departure, JetBlue 543.
EWR Departure: Go ahead, sir.
JetBlue 543: Alright, we’re declaring an emergency, we got an engine problem here, we’ll have to level off here at 10,000.
EWR Departure: Understood. JetBlue 543, amend your altitude to 10,000.
JetBlue 543: 10,000, JetBlue 543.
EWR Departure: And JetBlue 543, would you like to return right now? JetBlue 543, New York.
JetBlue 543: Say again for JetBlue 543.
EWR Departure: Would you like to return right now?
JetBlue 543: What heading, JetBlue 543. Say again for JetBlue 543.
EWR Departure: JetBlue 543, turn left heading 180, descend and maintain 8,000.
JetBlue 543: Heading 180, 8,000, JetBlue 543.
EWR Departure: JetBlue 543, you can contact 119.2.
JetBlue 543: 119.2, JetBlue 543. JetBlue 543,
EWR Departure: make it 35-57.
JetBlue 543: 35-57. New York, JetBlue 543, 9,500, descending 8,000, turning left heading 180.
EWR Approach: JetBlue 543, New York Approach, roger, turn left heading 150, vectors for ILS 4R.
JetBlue 543: Say heading again, JetBlue 543.
EWR Approach: JetBlue 543, heading 150, and when you’re able, nature of emergency, fuels and souls.
JetBlue 543: Okay, heading 150, we’ll get back to you, JetBlue 543.
EWR Approach: JetBlue 543, descend and maintain 4,000. Descend 4,000, JetBlue 543.
JetBlue 543: Approach, JetBlue 543, fuel remaining 4.5 hours and 128 souls on board.
EWR Approach: JetBlue 543, roger, and what was the nature again of the emergency?
JetBlue 543: We got smoke in the back and momentarily in the cockpit as well, and we had an engine one pretty loud bang there, but it seems to be working okay now. Looks like an engine stall.
EWR Approach: JetBlue 543, roger, turn left heading 100, vector to ILS 4 right.
JetBlue 543: 100, ILS 4 right, JetBlue 543.
EWR Approach: JetBlue 543, descend and maintain 3,000.
JetBlue 543: 3,000, JetBlue 543.
EWR Approach: JetBlue 543, it’ll be the ILS 4 right now.
JetBlue 543: ILS 4 right, JetBlue 543.
EWR Approach: JetBlue 543, I’m going to take it through the localizer just a bit for your speed just so you can get down.
JetBlue 543: JetBlue 543.
EWR Approach: JetBlue 543, turn left heading 010, join the localizer.
JetBlue 543: 010, join the localizer, JetBlue 543.
EWR Approach: JetBlue 543, 7 miles from DOOIN, maintain 2,000 until established localize, cleared ILS 4 right, speed or discretion.
JetBlue 543: 2,000 until established, ILS 4 right, speed or discretion, JetBlue 543.
EWR Approach: JetBlue 543, maintain 1,800 until established, still cleared to ILS 4 right.
JetBlue 543: 1,800 until established, cleared for the approach, JetBlue 143.
EWR Approach: JetBlue 543, contact the tower 118.3.
JetBlue 543: 118.3, JetBlue 543.
JetBlue 543: Tower, JetBlue 543, ILS 4 right.
EWR Tower: JetBlue 543, Newark tower, wind 020 at 03, runway 4 right, cleared to land.
JetBlue 543: cleared to land. 4 right, JetBlue 543.
EWR Tower: JetBlue 543, when able, can you provide souls and fuel on board?
JetBlue 543: We’ve got about 4 and a half hours, 128 souls.
EWR Tower: Roger, thank you. JetBlue 543, do you require any additional assistance?
JetBlue 543: Yeah, we’re going to exit the runway and just have the fire rescue make sure the number one engine is okay.
EWR Tower: JetBlue 543, roger, exit on PAPA 3 and just hold short of KILO.
JetBlue 543: PAPA 3, short of KILO, JetBlue 543. And tower, JetBlue 543, is there a frequency we can talk to the ground guys?
EWR Tower: 134.05 for JetBlue 543.
JetBlue 543: Thank you… Tower, JetBlue 543? Yeah, go ahead. Yeah, we’re not getting anybody on 34-05. We had them for a second there, but we’ve got smoke in the back. We’re going to have to be evacuating here in a second.
EWR Tower: Roger.
JetBlue 543: We have smoke in the back. We’re going to be evacuating here. We’re going to run the checklist here in a second.
EWR Tower: Newark tower copies, evacuating.
Fire and Rescue: JetBlue 543?
JetBlue 543: Yeah, 543, go ahead. Yes. Well, we’ve got smoke in the back. We’re going to be evacuating. I think it’s going to be all of them. Copy.
JetBlue 543: L1, L1 door. If you don’t start moving, we’re evacuating through the slides.
EWR Tower: The Port is currently closed.
Car 99: Tower, 9-9. 9-9, tower. 9-9.
EWR Tower: 9-9, tower.
Car 99: Newark is closed. He’s going to pull the chute.
EWR Tower: Roger. Attention all aircraft, Newark Airport is closed. Safe to shut down. Yeah, if anybody needs a shut down, shut down. I don’t know how long this is going to be, so.
