Northwest flight forced to return after engine failure BOSTON (AP) =97 A Northwest Airlines DC-10 that took off from Logan=20 International Airport in Boston Tuesday night bound for Amsterdam was=20 forced to return to the airport after one of its engines failed,=20 Massachusetts Port Authority officials said. Spokesman Phil Orlandella said= =20 Flight 38 took off at 7:02 p.m. with 255 passengers and a crew of 10 on=20 board. As the plane took off from Logan Airport, people in the terminal=20 could see flames coming from the No. 2 engine located on the tail of the=20 plane, Orlandella said. Jeff Smith, a Northwest Airlines spokesman, said=20 the plane's crew noticed the problem on takeoff and immediately made the=20 decision to turnaround. "They experienced a significant engine problem to=20 shut down the No. 2," he said. Smith said the plane landed safely less than= =20 20 minutes after taking off. None of the passengers or crew were injured.=20 An unknown amount of fuel was released from the plane before it returned to= =20 Logan Airport, a move Smith said was "standard procedure." "The plane would be heavier than they normally like to land," he said.=20 Despite the loss of the engine, Smith said the plane was never in danger.=20 "Any of the aircraft we fly can land or fly with one engine," he said. The= =20 cause of the engine malfunction is under investigation. Some of the fuel=20 that was being dumped over the Atlantic Ocean drifted onto land. Local=20 authorities received calls about fuel landing in gardens and swimming=20 pools. "We have dealt with one gentleman on Mills Avenue who got a little=20 jet fuel in his eye as he looked up to the sky," said Revere Deputy Fire=20 Chief Robert Eydenberg. Another Northwest flight was being flown from=20 Detroit Tuesday night to pickup the disabled plane's passengers. Smith said= =20 those passengers could anticipate arriving in Amsterdam early Wednesday=20 afternoon. "The good news is that the folks who were on the plane will get= =20 to Amsterdam," Smith said. The Boston to Amsterdam flight is one of=20 Northwest's regular routes. The airline flies 530 aircraft worldwide. *************************************************** The owner of Roger's Trinbago Site/TnTisland.com Roj (Roger James) escape email mailto:ejames@xxxxxxxxx Trinbago site: www.tntisland.com Carib Brass Ctn site www.tntisland.com/caribbeanbrassconnection/ Steel Expressions www.mts.net/~ejames/se/ Mas Site: www.tntisland.com/tntrecords/mas2003/ Site of the Week: http://www.carib-link.net/naparima/naps.html TnT Webdirectory: http://search.co.tt *********************************************************