okgood Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 CHICAGO, Illinois -- On Thursday, 2 January 2020, an Atlas Air Boeing 747-400 Flight 5Y-551 (Giant 551 Heavy) from New York's JFK airport to Chicago O'Hare was in the initial descent through FL320 towards Chicago when the crew reported they just had to shut down their number 2 engine. They did not declare an emergency. ATC told the crew they declared an emergency for them instead. The aircraft landed safely on Chicago's runway 28C about 40 minutes after reporting the engine failure. Is it normal for ATC to declare the emergency in lieu of the pilot? Chris Klein - Vertical Studios http://www.vertical-studios.net/images/avsim_signature.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pzl 104 Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Is it normal for ATC to declare the emergency in lieu of the pilot? No, and it doesn't make any sense from the pilots POV in this case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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