A United Boeing 777 commercial jet failed the correct engine after leaving Denver International Airport on Saturday. The jet returned and made an emergency landing in DIA, as debris fell over Broomfield neighborhoods.
United flight 328 was traveling to Honolulu, Hawaii. No one was injured during the flight or on the ground.
Listen to the distress call below via LiveATC Audio Archive.
Read the transcript of the so-called “mayday” below:
FLIGHT 328: “328, uh, heavy. We experience engine failure, we need to turn. Mayday, mayday. United, uh, 28, United 328, heavy. Mayday, mayday, aircraft, uh … ”
DENVER TOWER: “Yes, heavy 328, repeat, read all of this again.”
FLIGHT 328: “Denver, uh, departure. United 328, heavy. Mayday, aircraft, uh, just went through engine failure, I need to turn immediately. “
DENVER TOWNER: “328, turn left or right?”
FLIGHT 328: “Turn left.”